Appendiceal taeniasis presenting like acute appendicitis.
A case of parasitic appendicitis caused by Taenia sp. in a 28-year-old woman from Brazil is reported. Histopathological data and a description of the helminthe found in the appendix lumen are presented.
Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Unesp, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, 18618-970, Botucatu, Brazil. alesso@fmb.unesp.br
Alesso Cervantes
AC
Sartorelli
Márcia Guimarães
MG
da Silva
Maria Aparecida Marchesan
MA
Rodrigues
Reinaldo José
RJ
da Silva
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D001065:Appendix / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole