[Two cases of pentastomiasis observed in Paris (author's transl)]

The observations of two black African patients seen among 940 hospitalized patients are reported. Intraabdominal calcified larvas, probably of Porocephalus (Armillifer) armillatus were found in both patients. The cycle of this Pentostomida is recalled. Attention is drawn to the role of snake slime in accidental contamination of human beings. In man, this parasitic infection is almost always asymptomatic and detected fortuitously on roentgenograms, or during surgery or necropsy.