rare case of gangrenous appendicitis by eggs of Taenia species

Cysticercosis and Taeniasis continue to be a major public health burden in the developing countries like India. Humans are the only definitive hosts infected by ingestion of eggs of Taenia species. Appendicular Taeniasis is rare with few isolated case reports during the past 30 years. Here, we repor...

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Published inJournal of parasitic diseases Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 135 - 137
Main Authors Chakrabarti, Indranil, Gangopadhyay, Mimi, Bandopadhyay, Arghya, Das, N. K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Springer-Verlag 01.03.2014
Springer India
Subjects
abdomen
case studies
cysticercosis
developing countries
eggs
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
hosts
humans
Infectious Diseases
ingestion
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
pain
patients
public health
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Taenia
Nepal
India
Pain abdomen
Gangrenous appendicitis
Taeniasis
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Summary:Cysticercosis and Taeniasis continue to be a major public health burden in the developing countries like India. Humans are the only definitive hosts infected by ingestion of eggs of Taenia species. Appendicular Taeniasis is rare with few isolated case reports during the past 30 years. Here, we report the case of a 38-year-old female patient from Nepal who presented with acute pain abdomen, was operated and diagnosed as suffering from gangrenous appendicitis caused by eggs of Taenia species.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0182-4
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ISSN:0971-7196
0975-0703
DOI:10.1007/s12639-012-0182-4