棘头虫病Macracanthorhynchiasis是由猪巨吻棘头虫Macracanthorhynchushirudinaceus PallasI78I寄生于人或猪的小肠所引起的一种肠道寄生虫病。此病常见于猪,人体病例甚少,国外仅有四例报导国内从冯兰滨等(1964)在辽宁首次报导两例病人以来,陆续在辽宁的庄河及新金两县发现近二百例病人,最近在山东、河北及广东又有二十余例病人报导。近年来我国学者对本病的临床表现、 Macpherschinosis Macracanthorhynchiasis is an intestinal parasitic disease caused by the parasites of Macracanthorhynchushirudinaceus PallasI78I in the human or pig intestine. The disease is common in pigs and has few human cases. Only four cases reported abroad. Since Feng first reported two cases in Liaoning in 1964, nearly 200 cases of patients were found in Zhuanghe and Xinjin counties of Liaoning Province Recently, more than 20 cases of patients in Shandong, Hebei and Guangdong were reported. In recent years, our scholars on the clinical manifestations of the disease,