Pinworm infection masquerading as colorectal liver metastasis

Pinworm infection masquerading as colorectal liver metastasis

Enterobius vermicularis is responsible for a variety of diseases but rarely affects the liver. Accurate characterisation of suspected liver metastases is essential to avoid unnecessary surgery. In the presented case, following a diagnosis of rectal cancer, a solitary liver nodule was diagnosed as a liver metastasis due to typical radiological features and subsequently resected. At pathological ...

Ciliary body metastasis masquerading as scleritis.

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Experimental Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis

ERβ as a Prognostic Factor for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis

Estrogen plays an important role in the development of some cancers. However, previous studies on the influence of estrogen on colorectal cancer (CRC) have had conflicting conclusions, and there have been few reports on estrogens and liver metastasis. The aim of this study was to explore the prognostic impact of estrogens on CRC with liver metastasis. Eighty-six patients with CRC including 43 s...

Pinworm infection – Ovulation at midnight

A 6-year-old girl presented to the emergency department after experiencing genital pain, which had lasted for a few hours, in the middle of the night. A physical examination revealed a moving filamentous object (length: about 7 mm) on her external genitalia. The sharp pain disappeared when the object was removed. By using light microscopy, it was identified as an ovulating female pinworm that h...