Appendiceal taeniasis presenting like acute appendicitis.
Sartorelli AC, da Silva MG, Rodrigues MA, da Silva RJ
Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Unesp, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, 18618-970, Botucatu, Brazil. alesso@fmb.unesp.br
A case of parasitic appendicitis caused by Taenia sp. in a 28-year-old woman from Brazil is reported. Histopathological data and a description of the helminthe found in the appendix lumen are presented.
Published 31 August 2005 in Parasitol Res, 97(2): 171-2.
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