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ID | DOID:10080 |
Name | sparganosis |
Definition | A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection by the genus Spirometra. A painful nodule develops after the plerocercoid larvae migrate to the brain causing cerebral sparganosis. Subcutaneous tissue, breast, orbit, urinary tract, pleural cavity, lungs, abdominal viscera and inner ear can be infected. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparganosis, http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Sparganosis.htm |
Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:187152002 |
Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim NCIthesaurus |
Synonyms |
Infection by Sparganum [EXACT] |
Parent Relationships |
is_a brain disease is_a parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease is_a lung disease is_a breast disease is_a inner ear disease |