Usually means: Parasitic infection by tapeworm larvae.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (sparganosis)

noun:  (pathology) A parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of diphyllobothroid tapeworms in the genus Spirometra.
noun:  Alternative form of spargosis (“distention of the breasts with milk”) [(anatomy) distension of the breasts with milk]

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