Colonic anastomosis leakage related to taenia saginata infestation

Colonic anastomosis leakage related to taenia saginata infestation

Helminth and protozoa infections remain an important public health problem in tropical and underdeveloped countries. The adult stage of Taenia saginata is one of the most common pathogenic cestode in humans. This tapeworm is transmitted by raw beef consumption. Infected individuals may remain asymptomatic for years, and the only symptom may be the spontaneous passage of proglottids. However, no...

Human infestation by Taenia saginata lasting over 20 years.

A case of a 61-year-old woman with a history of infestation by Taenia saginata lasting over 20 years is described. The patients repeatedly denied eating raw or inadequately cooked beef. Despite many attempts using different taenicides during those years, the patient continued to pass tapeworm segments until niclosamide was administered. Eighteen months after treatment with niclosamide the patie...

Etymologia: Taenia saginata

Leakage of Colonic Anastomosis: Computed Tomography Diagnosis

Postoperative peritonitis following leakage of a colonic anastomosis is a challenging surgical complication, where a prompt clinical diagnosis, sometimes difficult, is requested before any therapeutic decision. In these cases Computed Tomography (CT) plays an important role.

Oral expulsion of Taenia saginata.

We report a 25-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever, and had an epigastric lump on examination. At laparotomy she was diagnosed to have acute segmental jejunitis. Three days postoperative, she vomited a 2-meter-long tapeworm (Taenia saginata), a rare route of expulsion.