title: Colonic obstruction and perforation related to heavy Trichuris trichiura infestation.
abstract: Heavy Trichuris trichiura infestation is rare in developed countries, and complications requiring surgical intervention have been described rarely in human trichuriasis. A case of colonic obstruction and perforation related to heavy whip-worm infection is described in an 84 year old woman. The woman was admitted to hospital because of a chest infection. Two days after admission she suffered nausea and vomiting followed a day later by bowel stoppage. Laparotomy indicated intestinal obstruction by a tumour. A partial right sided ileocolectomy was performed. Pathological examination of the resected bowel revealed heavy infestation with T trichiura causing a pseudotumour following a proliferative inflammatory response.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Faculté Libre de Médecine, Université Catholique de Lille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bahon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poirriez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Creusy
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Edriss
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Laget
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dei Cas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000469:parasitology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000469:parasitology*; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis