title: Ovarian enterobiasis--a proposed pathogenesis.
abstract: An Enterobius vermicularis within the parenchyma of the ovary is a rare phenomenon. We present a case and propose that the gravid female, after wandering from perianal skin into the vagina and then through the female genital passages, arrived at the ovary and entered a recently ruptured graafian follicle.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology