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Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease
We here report a case of a young man who presented to his general practitioner with diarrhea. Inflammatory bowel disease was suspected and a colonoscopy showed aphthous lesions suggestive of Crohns' disease but biopsies revealed eggs of Enterobius vermicularis. When treated for this parasite, h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608265/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/706197 |
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author | Johansson, Joel Ignatova, Simone Ekstedt, Mattias |
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description | We here report a case of a young man who presented to his general practitioner with diarrhea. Inflammatory bowel disease was suspected and a colonoscopy showed aphthous lesions suggestive of Crohns' disease but biopsies revealed eggs of Enterobius vermicularis. When treated for this parasite, his symptoms were alleviated and a followup colonoscopy revealed a normal colon and distal ileum. Enterobius vermicularis is the most common parasite worldwide and has been attributed with many different presentations and pathologies. It is therefore necessary to maintain vigilance, even in high-income countries, in order to diagnose patients with one of the many atypical presentations of pinworms. |
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spelling | pubmed-36082652013-04-02 Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease Johansson, Joel Ignatova, Simone Ekstedt, Mattias Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report We here report a case of a young man who presented to his general practitioner with diarrhea. Inflammatory bowel disease was suspected and a colonoscopy showed aphthous lesions suggestive of Crohns' disease but biopsies revealed eggs of Enterobius vermicularis. When treated for this parasite, his symptoms were alleviated and a followup colonoscopy revealed a normal colon and distal ileum. Enterobius vermicularis is the most common parasite worldwide and has been attributed with many different presentations and pathologies. It is therefore necessary to maintain vigilance, even in high-income countries, in order to diagnose patients with one of the many atypical presentations of pinworms. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3608265/ /pubmed/23555063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/706197 Text en Copyright © 2013 Joel Johansson et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Johansson, Joel Ignatova, Simone Ekstedt, Mattias Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease |
title | Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease |
title_full | Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease |
title_fullStr | Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease |
title_short | Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease |
title_sort | pinworm infestation mimicking crohns' disease |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608265/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/706197 |
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