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Sparganosis is typically seen as subcutaneous or visceral granulomatous lesions and has been associated with\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Spirometra mansonoides<\/jats:italic>\n                    in North America. A proliferative form of sparganosis, with tissue invasion and widespread dissemination, has always been associated with\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Sparganum proliferum<\/jats:italic>\n                    . However, emerging molecular evidence challenges this distinction. Here, we report a confirmed case of proliferative sparganosis in a domestic cat caused by\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Spirometra decipiens<\/jats:italic>\n                    complex 2 (also referred to as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Spirometra<\/jats:italic>\n                    sp. 3). The cat had widespread lesions in multiple tissues, with gross and histologic lesions resembling those attributed to\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. proliferum<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Molecular identification of larval cestode DNA demonstrated a 99% match to\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. decipiens<\/jats:italic>\n                    , confirming its role in severe disseminated disease. Our case broadens the understanding of the pathogenic capacity of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. decipiens<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Spirometra<\/jats:italic>\n                    sp. 3) in felids and emphasizes the critical role of molecular detection for accurate species identification. To our knowledge, proliferative sparganosis attributable to\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Spirometra<\/jats:italic>\n                    sp. 3 has not been reported previously in domestic cats. Given the zoonotic potential of sparganosis, our findings have important implications for both veterinary care and public health surveillance.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/10406387261432987","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,21]],"date-time":"2026-03-21T09:43:44Z","timestamp":1774086224000},"page":"1055-1060","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Diagnosis of proliferative sparganosis caused by\n                    <i>Spirometra decipiens complex 2<\/i>\n                    (\n                    <i>Spirometra<\/i>\n                    sp. 3) in a domestic cat in the United States"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"38","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-4845-0383","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amira","family":"Abdu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA"},{"name":"Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA"},{"name":"Department of Parasitology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2192-7051","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emi","family":"Sasaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA"},{"name":"Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vprsr.2024.101030"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.1981.30.625"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0166-6851(92)90109-W"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-0-323-54396-5.00013-1"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/3281933"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cvsm.2009.06.005"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.233.11.1756"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.epsc.2024.102864"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/clinids\/12.5.155"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.parint.2019.102036"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s42003-021-02160-8"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciaa1036"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijppaw.2024.100947"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_15_2","first-page":"527","article-title":"The life histories of Diphyllobothrium decipiens and D. erinacei","volume":"10","author":"Li H.","year":"1929","unstructured":"Li H. 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