Human tumor microsporidiosis. First reported case
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1973
Authors
Marcus P.B.
Van Der Walt J.J.
Burger P.J.
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Abstract
Infection of human tumor cells by Microsporidia has not been documented to date. A description is given of microsporidian parasites seen as an incidental finding in the cytoplasm of the cells of a widely disseminated pancreatic adenocarcinoma in a 58 yr old man. This previously unreported phenomenon in a human has its counterpart in the well documented parasitism of malignant tumor cells in common laboratory animals by the microsporidian Nosema cuniculi.
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ascites cell, autopsy, cancer cell, cell inclusion, diagnosis, histology, human, major clinical study, microorganism, microspora, microsporidiosis, microsporum, nosema cuniculi, pancreas carcinoma, parasite, Adenocarcinoma, Animal, Autopsy, Cytoplasm, Human, Liver, Male, Mice, Middle Age, Neoplasm Metastasis, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Protozoa
Citation
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
95
5
95
5