新英格蘭醫學期刊 (New England Journal of Medicine) 刊登了一名哥倫比亞的男性的罕見病例:他因為感染寄生蟲而死於癌症。
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這名41歲的男性有愛滋病,所以他的免疫系統較弱,讓寄生蟲身上的細胞能長期危害他的身體。
在2013年時,病患罕見的症狀讓當地醫生不明就裡,所以英國的自然史博物館與美國疾病控制與預防中心合作,才終於診斷出病患的狀況。
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參與診斷的醫生也說,這是他見過最不尋常的案例。
在初步診斷時,病患的肺部及肝臟的腫瘤大小似乎正常,但更深入研究之後,醫生發現那些感染的細胞大約有人類細胞的1/10大。經過分子檢查後,他們發現腫瘤中有許多絛蟲DNA…
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但是醫生們發現真相時,病患已經來不及接受治療,他在3天後就病逝了。
美國疾病控制與預防中心表示,有這種細胞的絛蟲不常見,而且只要不吃生菜、勤洗手就能避免感染。
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可是我已經吃過好多沙拉了…
來源:Unilad
這起病例真的太可怕了…而且醫生們也認為應該有其他未被診斷出來的「絛蟲癌症」,所以大家還是要密切注意自己的身體狀況啊!
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