| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| SKOS |
exactMatch MESH:D013031 |
| Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim NCIthesaurus |
| Synonyms |
Infection by Sparganum [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a brain disease is_a inner ear disease is_a breast disease is_a lung disease |
| Subclass Logical Relationships |
disease has location some breast and disease has location some brain and disease has location some renal system and disease has location some internal ear and disease has location some lung and disease has location some pleural cavity and disease has location some orbital cavity and disease has location some superficial fascia and disease has location some abdominal viscera |