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- Sparganosis is a rare disease caused by plerocercoid larvae from the genera Spirometra or Sparganum, with this paper focusing on a case involving Spirometra mansoni in a cat.
- A 9-year-old male domestic cat had a progressively enlarging facial mass, which was found to contain multiple asexual proliferative cestode larvae upon examination.
- This case is significant as it represents the first confirmed instance of proliferative sparganosis caused by S. mansoni in a cat, despite the species usually being associated with the small intestine of domestic cats and dogs in Japan.
Article Abstract
Background: Sparganosis 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.
Conclusion: Although 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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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11031918 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-024-03995-z | DOI Listing |
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