Taenia crassiceps upper limb fasciitis in a patient with untreated acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and chronic hepatitis C infection--the role of surgical debridement

Goesseringer, N; Lindenblatt, N; Mihic-Probst, D; Grimm, F; Giovanoli, P

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2011.02.011

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Goesseringer, N., Lindenblatt, N., Mihic-Probst, D., Grimm, F., & Giovanoli, P. (2011). Taenia crassiceps upper limb fasciitis in a patient with untreated acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and chronic hepatitis C infection--the role of surgical debridement. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 64(7), e174–e176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2011.02.011

Abstract

We report a rare case of human Taenia crassiceps infection in a 47-year-old female patient with untreated acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and chronic hepatitis C infection. Little experience exists regarding the appropriate treatment of this infection. Usually, a combination of anthelmintic drugs is applied. Whether surgical measures are indicated have not been clarified. In our patient, initial surgery showed an abscess and fluid collection with numerous transparent cysts localised in the subcutaneous tissue of the cubital fossa.