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Appendicular Taeniasis: Association With Acute Gangrene Appendicitis in Isfahan, Iran



Kia EB1 ; Afsharmoghadam N2 ; Kazemzade H1
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  1. 1. School of Public Health, Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, PO Box 6446-14155, Iran
  2. 2. Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Published:2004

Abstract

In the present study, excised human appendices in Isfahan Medical University Teaching Hospitals, Iran related to 1993-2002, were analyzed and their pathological findings determined. Among 2,379 surgically resected appendices, two cases of appendicular taeniasis were observed. In one case, Taenia eggs and segments were found in the lumen associated with acute gangrene appendicitis. In the second, eggs of Taenia were present in the lumen of an appendix with reactive follicular hyperplasia.
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