Oral expulsion of Taenia saginata.
We report a 25-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever, and had an epigastric lump on examination. At laparotomy she was diagnosed to have acute segmental jejunitis. Three days postoperative, she vomited a 2-meter-long tapeworm (Taenia saginata), a rare route of expulsion.
Gupta
R L
RL
Department of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
Agrawal
V
V
Kumar
S
S
Monika
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000469:parasitology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000469:parasitology*