ArticleBMC veterinary research2024
Aberrant sparganosis in cat caused by Spirometra mansoni (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae): a case report.
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- Proliferative Sparganosis Due to Spirometra mansoni in a Dog: A Detailed Diagnostic Picture.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- A case of human sparganosis caused by Spirometra erinaceieuropaei in Korea.Parasites, hosts and diseases · 2026Article
- Development of an Indirect ELISA and a Microsphere Detection Test Strip for the Detection of Spirometra mansoni.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Development of an immunochromatographic test for serodiagnosis of human sparganosis.Parasitology research · 2025Article
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- Disseminated proliferative mesocestoidosis caused by Mesocestoides vogae (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidae) in a French bulldog in Japan.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2025Article
- Disseminated and migratory sparganosis in the central nervous system: A case report and literature review of combined spinal and intracranial involvement.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Rethinking central nervous system sparganosis: Beyond surgical cure toward integrated immune-parasitic surveillance.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Zoonotic Lagochilascaris minor and nine other parasites in a cat.Parasitology research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundSparganosis is a rare zoonotic disease caused by plerocercoid larvae of the genera Spirometra or Sparganum (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae). The larvae of Spirometra generally do not undergo asexual reproduction, whereas those of Sparganum can induce proliferative lesions in infected tissues. This paper presents an unusual case of proliferative sparganosis due to infection with Spirometra mansoni in a cat, normally considered a definitive host of the species. CASE PRESENTATION: A 9-year-old male domestic cat was presented with a mass on the right side of the face that underwent progressive enlargement for 1 month. The morphological and histopathological examinations revealed multiple asexual proliferative cestode larvae in the lesions, suggestive of proliferative sparganosis. Next-generation sequencing analysis of formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded specimens of surgically excised tissue indicated that the worm was Spirometra mansoni.
conclusionAlthough S. mansoni a common tapeworm species found in the small intestine of domestic cats and dogs in Japan, proliferative sparganosis is extremely rare. This is the first confirmed case of proliferative sparganosis due to infection with S. mansoni in cat.
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