A Case Report of an Appendicitis and Parasitosis

Appendicitis is a common clinical problem but not specific to parasite. A 43-year-old patient consulted for digestive troubles, mostly acute abdominal pain, in the right part. Taenia saginata was found appendectomy. Different parasites were histopathological evaluation of appendix, Enterobius vermicularis, also Ascaris, Taenia, amoeba, and Schistosoma. Acute appendicitis proven by submucosal fibrosis, active suppurative inflammation, granulomas surrounding eggs or larvae parasites. However, detected chance uninflamed histologically normal appendices with chronic inflammation removed during other surgical procedures. The role pathogenesis unclear. An adapted antiparasitic treatment always necessary after appendectomy following finding