Hepatic granuloma resulting from Enterobius vermicularis.
A nodule of the liver was incidentally noted during left colectomy for a large villous adenoma in a 74-year-old man. Microscopic examination disclosed a granuloma of the liver containing numerous Enterobius vermicularis ova and a cross-section of the nematode. This is the fourth reported case of hepatic oxyuriasis and the second case reported in North America.
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Department of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004757:Enterobius; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000473:pathology*