Case 192. Sparganosis (40 y-o F)
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Case 192. Sparganosis (40 y-o F) |
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| Biopsy from creeping disease (cutaneous larva migrans) of the abdominal skin, seen after eating meat of wild chicken | |||
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The matrix is rich in glycogen (PAS). The tegument is also PAS-reactive. The non-segmented plerocercoid survives for years, to grow up as large as 60 cm. | ||
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