A condition caused by the larvae of the worm Sparganum under the skin. It is widespread in East Asia.
A disease caused by the migration of certain tapeworm larvae in the tissues beneath the skin, between the muscles, and occasionally in the viscera and brain. The larvae, which normally develop in frogs and reptiles, are accidentally transferred to man by eating the uncooked flesh of these animals or by drinking water contaminated with minute crustacesms infected with the tapeworm larvae. The larvae cause inflammation, swelling, and fibrosis of the tissues. Treatment of the condition, common in the Far East, involves intravenous injections of neoarsphenamine and surgical removal of the larvae.