'Wormy'form appendix.
Appendicitis and helminth infections are both common conditions in children. However, helminths (pinworms) infestation causing appendiceal luminal obstruction and presenting as appendicitis is uncommon.
General Surgery Department, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK. abepfdr@gmail.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy