Jejunal perforation caused by morphologically abnormal Taenia saginata saginata infection.
We report a case of jejunal perforation caused by infection with taeniid tapeworm possessing unusual morphology that has not been previously described. Among five cestodes recovered during operation, one exhibited a bifurcation at the posterior end and the other harbored a lateral branching of immature segments from the main strobila. By sequence analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene and the 28S rRNA gene has confirmed them to be Taenia saginata saginata.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama 4, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. fmedsjw@md2.md.chula.ac.th
Somchai
S
Jongwutiwes
Chaturong
C
Putaporntip
Nutaros
N
Chantachum
Pichet
P
Sampatanukul
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D041202:Taenia saginata / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*
D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV