The parasite causes many types of tumors throughout the body

Tumors under the skin caused by larvae of helminths, tumors in visceral organs such as liver, lung peritoneum, brain, testicles, ovaries… can all be caused by parasites cause˳

Malignant tumors in the liver, especially cholangiocarcinoma, have the role of parasitic parasites in the liver, especially liver flukes˳ Tumors caused by parasites almost do not go away on their own, but need the right intervention depending on the parasite species˳

Cut off lung and pericardium because fluke is mistaken for cancer

In the profile of Prof˳ Dr˳ Nguyen Van De, former head of the Department of Parasitology, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, it is difficult to enumerate all patients with parasitic tumors˳ In particular, there are patients returned by the hospital who eventually recovered thanks to the detection of parasites˳

For example, patient Nguyen Duc Th˳ (Vinh, Nghe An) was transferred in an ambulance to the examination in a dying state: emaciated, distended abdomen, lethargic consciousness˳ The family said that Mr˳ diagnosed Liver Cancer Hepatomegaly (multifocal) is no longer curable˳

The visiting teacher told a story about a family member who was also diagnosed with liver cancer, after being tested again, it turned out to be a parasitic disease, so Th’s family˳ called an ambulance to take her to Hanoi˳ Ultrasound of the tumor resembles the image of a fluke, blood test has a very high positive rate of liver fluke˳

Because the patient arrived too late, but the family was determined to treat it, the doctor prescribed medicine for the patient to take and went home˳ Results after 3 sessions of treatment, the tumor was gone, the patient was healthy again, gaining more than 10kg˳

Similarly, Ms˳ Nguyen Thi Kh˳, 52 years old (Ha Tinh), was concluded that liver cancer is in the last stage, 12cm tumor, cannot be treated…

She was brought by her family in a state of high fever, unconsciousness˳ Her liver cancer test results showed that it was the nest of a large liver fluke˳ After a period of treatment, she recovered from the disease and escaped death˳

In particular, there was a patient who almost died because he mistook the liver fluke for lung cancer˳ That is Mr˳ Tran Van T˳, 36 years old, (Hanoi), hospitalized with the reason of coughing up blood, which occurred in phases for 2 months and gradually increased in severity and weight loss˳

Chest radiograph showed a tumor in the right lower lobe of the lung, enlarged hilar lymph nodes, and was diagnosed as lung cancer despite signs of parasitic disease (elevated eosinophils)˳ The patient underwent lobectomy with tumor, pulmonary lymph nodes and part of the pericardium˳ After surgery, analysis of the tumor revealed that it was not cancer, but caused by the large liver fluke˳

Professor De said, in fact, there are many people who have surgery, misdiagnosed as cancer but in fact are infected with parasites˳

Tumor parasites themselves are not only carcinogenic agents such as liver flukes, but tumors have misdiagnosed clinicians with malignancies and treated as cancerous (surgical resection, injection/infusion of chemicals, radiation therapy…) leads to bad consequences for the patient, especially the mental breakdown of the patient˳

Sign Germs can multiply everywhere

Mr˳ De explained that a tumor is an organization of cells that grow beyond normal˳ As a general rule, every cell in the body can develop into a tumor (tumor)˳

Tumor agents include primary/secondary gene mutations, local cytoplasmic dysplasia, inflammation/fibrosis leading to tumorigenesis, hormone-deficient proliferative endocrine glands, and exogenous agents˳ hybrids such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxic chemicals (accidental infection from the environment or intentional such as tobacco, alcohol…)˳

With parasites can cause subcutaneous tumors due to helminth larvae, tumors in visceral organs such as liver, lung, peritoneum, brain, testes, ovary… Malignant tumors in the liver, especially Cholangiocarcinoma is cholangiocarcinoma with the role of parasitic parasites in the liver, especially liver flukes˳

Tumors caused by parasites almost do not go away on their own, but need the right intervention depending on the parasite species˳ Parasitic species that often cause tumors such as liver flukes, lung flukes, larvae of pork flukes, roundworms in dogs, gnathostomiasis, etc˳

Therefore, in order to avoid unfortunate confusion, we need to consider the location of the tumors, the characteristics of each tumor and the accompanying clinical/paraclinical manifestations to determine whether the tumor is caused by the tumor˳ germ or not˳

Avoid misdiagnosing parasitic diseases with other diseases

According to Professor De, the disease caused by parasites is of little concern, so doctors sometimes “ignore” it because they don’t think about it˳ Therefore, it is necessary to recognize and differentiate to avoid confusion˳

Tumors under the skin or in the viscera caused by larvae of toxocariasis Toxocara or worms Gnathostoma causing ELISA will be positive for the corresponding antigen (there are thousands of patients scattered across the country), especially the parasite site is any on the body, so it is easy to mistake it for many other diseases˳

Sometimes fascioliasis Clonorchis/Opisthorchis causing many tumors scattered in the liver such as metastatic tumors (met at 108 Hospital), that is the foci of flukes in the bile duct of the liver observed on ultrasound˳

In this case, it is necessary to test the stool for eggs or do ELISA serology˳ Cases with complications of cholangiocarcinoma are more difficult to manage (have seen many in Viet Duc Hospital)˳ Small liver fluke disease is distributed in at least 24 provinces, with an infection rate of 37˳3-40˳1% in some localities, and 1,270 flukes in some patients˳

Tumor caused by lung fluke, on chest X-ray image due to lung fluke Paragonimussometimes mistaken for a cyst with lung tumor or pulmonary tuberculosis (met at the National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and provinces, a 13-year-old female patient in Da Bac – Hoa Binh was diagnosed with lung tumor at the hospital˳ decided to surgically remove the lung with the tumor, but when it was determined it was a lung fluke)˳

An 8-year-old lung fluke patient in Tuyen Quang also misdiagnosed a lung tumor and underwent lobectomy, in which there were 2 lung flukes (if the diagnosis is correct, no surgery is required)˳ Lung fluke disease is distributed in at least 10 northern mountainous provinces, the most in Son La˳ Repeated sputum testing is required to look for eggs or serological ELISA˳

The brain was attacked by a pig fluke because of eating blood soup… cooling down

Because of the heat in her body, she ate blood pudding to beat herself up once a month to cool off˳ NTO did not expect the tapeworm to have entered the brain, and had to go to the hospital for treatment for many months˳