Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 9 cases of sparganosis from year 2001 to 2012^*

No.	Year	Age	Sex	Locations	Symptoms	Duration	Organ
1	2001	51	F	C	Firm mass at right lower eye lid	2 mo	Lymph node of right lower eye lid
2	2004	74	F	C	Firm mass at suprapubic area	N/A	Abdominal wall at pubic region
3	2004	26	F	NE	Firm mass at left scapular area	5 yr	Soft tissue of left scapular area
4	2005	45	F	S	Firm mass at right lower quadrant area of abdomen	6 mo	Abdominal wall at right lower quadrant area of abdomen
5	2007	26	F	C	Firm mass at left arm	2 mo	Soft tissue of left arm
6	2008	26	M	C	Complete ptosis and lateral rectus muscle palsy of left eye. Hearing loss of right ear. Hemiparesis of left leg.	2 yr	Right cerebellopontine angle and left interpeduncular region. Serpiginous-masslike lesion at L1–L5 region.
7	2008	51	M	C	Firm mass at left chest wall.	2 mo	Soft tissue of left chest wall.
8	2011	31	M	N	Left leg pain and numbness at left buttock	6 mo	Edematous conus medullaris lesion with an irregular tubular lesion in the caudal sac from L4–S1.
9	2012	46	F	C	Low back pain, paraparesis with sensory impairment.	2 mo	Intradural extramedullary serpiginous-cystic like lesion at C2–C5, C7, T1, T5–T10, L3–L5, S1.

^*F = female; M = male; N = north; NE = northeast; C = central; S = south of Thailand; N/A = data not available.