Enterobius vermicularis presentation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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  • Lachlan Dick
  • Jonathan Hannay
چکیده

Enterobius vermicularis infection is uncommon in adults, compared to children, and rarely causes significant illness. Adult infection is usually colonic in nature and found incidentally at colonoscopy. Worm migration to other tissues is rare. We here-in describe the case of a 73-year-old woman found to have biliary tree E. vermicularis-an as yet undescribed site of migration.

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دوره 2017  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017