Breast cancer was suspected and the resection was performed. When her breast skin was cut open, a white string like parasite ran out. This is an entire body that taken from the patient. Neither head or mouth was observed. Spirometra erinaceieuropaei is a parasite of dogs and cats.
Humans acquire sparganosis in a variety of ways.
They may ingest Cyclops in drinking water taken directly from a lake or other body of fresh water. The second mode of infection is through eating infected raw snake or frog. When the section stains with Kossa's silver nitrate, calcareous corpuscles are evident.