A Rare Case of Intestinal Obstruction due to Taenia Saginata

Authors

  • B Pourseyedi Assistant Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  • M Aghaei Afshar Assistant Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  • M Samareh Fekri Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Physiology Research Center & Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  • M.R Lashkarizadeh Assistant Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Abstract:

Intestinal obstruction may be duo to various mechanical or functional reasons. Worms, especially Ascaris worms are one of the mechanical reasons of intestinal obstruction. Obstruction due to Taenia saginata is a rare phenomenon. Here we report a case of intestinal obstruction due to Taenia saginata infection in a 30 year-old male patient undergoing laparatomy with the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction. The cause of intestinal obstruction was unknown initially, but during milking of intestinal contents through naso- gastric tube a Taenia saginata worm was accidentally detected in the tube.

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volume 17  issue 1

pages  89- 93

publication date 2010-12-01

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