title: Enterobius vermicularis infestation of a hysterectomy specimen in a patient with a colonic reservoir.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman (gravida 2, para 1011) with a history of uterine leiomyomata and a Barnett colonic reservoir underwent a supracervical hysterectomy. Final pathology revealed Enterobius vermicularis within the myometrium and adnexal vasculature. Infection may have occurred through a modified mode given the presence of a Barnett colonic reservoir and absence of an anus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Worley
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Slomovitz
authors.forename: Edyta C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Pirog
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Ledger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D039021:Colonic Pouches; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D014599:Uterus / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery*