Table 2.

Pathological finding, definite diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of nine cases of sparganosis from 2001 to 2012

Case no.	Gross finding	Histological finding	Diagnosis	Treatment	Recovery
1. [THA-Se1] KF539833	An irregular piece of rubbery well-circumscribed mass measuring 1.8 × 1 × 0.8 cm, the cut surface shows grayish white and light brown non-homogenous tissue.	Acute necrotizing lymphadenitis with calcified parasite, probable Sparganum spp. like.	Necrotizing lymphadenitis of right lower eye lid (Cutaneous sparganosis).	Excision	Completed
2. [THA-Se2] KF539834	An irregular piece of rubbery light brown tissue measuring 4.5 × 1 × 0.5 cm. The cut surface shows brown non-homogenous tissue.	Probable Sparganum spp. liked cyst.	Subcutaneous mass of abdominal wall at suprapubic area (Cutaneous sparganosis).	Excision	Completed
3. [THA-Se3] KF539835	An irregular piece of rubbery light brown tissue measuring 4.5 × 4 × 2 cm. The cut surface shows a 1.5 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm yellow material containing cyst in muscular tissue.	Intramuscular wall of abscess with infected Sparganum spp. like.	Intramuscular mass at left scapular area (Cutaneous sparganosis).	Excision	Completed
4. [THA-Se4] KF539836	Irregular pieces of soft fibrofatty tissue, varying from 1.5, 2.2, and 2.5 cm. The cut surface shows fatty yellow homogenous tissue.	Parasitic infection, morphology identical to Sparganum spp. like.	Subcutaneous mass of abdominal wall at right lower quadrant area (Cutaneous sparganosis).	Excision	Completed
5. [THA-Se5] KF539837	Irregular pieces of soft light brown tissue, measuring 0.4 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm and 0.9 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm.	Parasitic infestation morphologically compatible with Sparganum spp. like.	Subcutaneous mass of left arm (Cutaneous sparganosis).	Excision	Completed
6. [THA-Se6] KF539838	It consists of multiple pieces of small irregular soft light brown and grey white tissue, measuring 1.2 × 1.1 × 0.3 cm.	Compatible with parasite infection compatible with Sparganum spp. like.	Sparganosis of brain (right cerebellopontine angle and left interpeduncular region) and spinal cord (L1–L5) (Cerebral and spinal sparganosis).	Laminoplasty at L1–L5 and duraplasty with tumor removal, Right median pressure ventriculoperitoneal shunt.	Partial
7. [THA-Se7] KF539839	It consists of 3 pieces of irregular soft light brown and grey white tissue, measuring from 1.2–3 cm in greatest dimension.	Parasitic infestation associated with necrotic tracts in the subcutaneous tissue, morphologically compatible with Sparganum spp. like.	Subcutaneous mass of left chest wall (Cutaneous sparganosis).	Excision	Completed
8. [THA-Se8] KF539840	It consists of a piece of irregular soft grey white tissue, 0.3 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm.	Parasitic infestation, cestode. morphologically suggestive of with Sparganum spp. like.	Sparganosis of spinal cord (conus medullaris, L4–S1) (Spinal sparganosis/ involved conus medullaris).	Laminotomy at L1–L4 with laminectomy at L5–S1 and partial cystic mass removal.	Partial
9. [THA-Se9] KF539841	Multiple pieces of light brown, soft tissue measure 1 × 1 × 0.7 cm.	Specimen consists of membranous tissue fragments. They are foreign tissue and composed of three distinctive layers. Consistent with Sparganum spp. cyst like.	Sparganosis of spinal cord (C2–C5,C7,T1,T5–T10, L3–L5, S1) (spinal sparganosis).	Laminectomy at T9–T11, L1–L2 with multiple debridement, corticosteroid, praziquantel and ivermectin therapy.	No