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A Human Coenurus Infection in Canada

A. Benger^*, R. P. Rennie, J. T. Roberts, J. H. Thornley AND T. Scholten

^* Department of Medicine
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario L8V 1C3, and Parasitology Laboratory, Laboratory Services Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Ontario M5W 1R5, Canada

This is the first description of human coenurus infection in Canada. The patient, a 38-year-old Caucasian woman, suffered severe and incapacitating symptoms, including recurrent rash, pyrexia, night sweats and lymphadenopathy, that were suspicious of a lymphoma, possibly Hodgkin's disease. She received several trials of chemotherapy over a 3-year period which controlled her symptoms, but only during the treatment periods. The appearance of a hemorrhagic mass in the left breast led to the surgical removal of bladder-like cysts. The patient's symptoms have not recurred since the cysts were excised. These have been identified as larvae of Taenia serialis.

Accepted for publication November 8, 1980.