title: [Enterobiasis of the female pelvi-genital tract: a report of three cases].
abstract: Ectopic localization of oxyuriasis is rare and frequently does not cause clinical problems. It has been reported in the vagina, endometrium, fallopian tube, peritoneal surface and ovary; In these localizations it often causes pseudo-tumoral granulomas. The aim of our study was to describe etiopathogenic and clinical criteria of this rare pathology. We report one case of endometrial enterobiasis which developed in a 28-year-old women and two cases of tubo-ovarian pseudotumoral abscesses containing the ova of enterobius which appeared as a latero-uterin mass in women aged 28 and 38 years. Enterobius vermicularis may cause tubo-ovarian abscess formation with necrotizing epitheloid granulomas mimicking tumors. Antihelminth therapies are successful.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, EPS Habib Bourguiba, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. akabdelmajid@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khabir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makni
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khmiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheriani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rekik
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Boudawara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*