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Enterobius vermicularis presentation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Lachlan Dick1, Jonathan Hannay2

  • 1Department of Surgery, Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock, UK lachlandick@nhs.net.

Journal of Surgical Case Reports
|January 19, 2017
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Enterobius vermicularis infection is rare in adults. This case describes a 73-year-old woman with an unusual biliary tree migration of pinworms, a previously undescribed site.

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Area of Science:

  • Parasitology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hepatology

Background:

  • Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infections are most common in children.
  • In adults, pinworm infections are typically asymptomatic or cause mild symptoms, often discovered incidentally during colonoscopy.
  • Worm migration to ectopic sites is a rare complication of Enterobius vermicularis infection.

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