Acute appendicitis secondary to Enterobius vermicularis infection in a middle-aged man: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis due to Enterobius vermicularis is very rare, affecting mostly children. Whether pinworms cause inflammation of the appendix or just appendiceal colic has been a matter of controversy. CASE PRESENTATION: A Caucasian 52-year-old man was referred to our Emergency Depart...

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Autores principales: Panidis, Stavros, Paramythiotis, Daniel, Panagiotou, Dimitris, Batsis, Georgios, Salonikidis, Spyridon, Kaloutsi, Vassiliki, Michalopoulos, Antonios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22128765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-559

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22128765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-559

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