Human sparganosis which was first reported by Patrick Manson in 1882 (Beaver, 1984) is a rare parasitic infection caused by the migrating plero­ cercoid larva or sparganum of a certain group of pseudophyllidean cestodes, namely in the genus Spirometra Mueller, 1937. The adults of these tapeworms are generally found in the intestinal lumen of domestic, feral, or wild canids and felids (Daly, 198...

CHAI , D. FARAH, I. & MUCHEMI , G. 1997. Sparganosis in non-human primates. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 64:243-244 Over a period of 15 years, the larval stages of Diphyllobothri id tapeworms of the genus Spirometra were found during routine necropsy in four of 3 007 non-human primates at the Institute of Primate Research (IPR) .

479 and XIIIa. Low-grade myxofibrosarcoma is positive for vimentin, but it is negative for CD34 and desmin. Myxoid neurofibroma is a tumor of neural origin, showing positive immunohistochemistry for S100, which is of help in making a differential diagnosis of SAF [1-5]. It is known that SAF has a benign natural course, for which the standard treatment modality is complete surgical removal. Inco...