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Appendiceal taeniasis presenting like acute appendicitis

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A case of parasitic appendicitis caused by Taenia sp. in a 28-year-old woman from Brazil is reported. Histopathological data and a description of the helminthe found in the appendix lumen are presented.

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  1. Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Unesp, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, 18618–970, Botucatu, Brazil

    Alesso Cervantes Sartorelli, Márcia Guimarães da Silva & Maria Aparecida Marchesan Rodrigues

  2. Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, Unesp, Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, Brazil

    Reinaldo José da Silva

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  1. Alesso Cervantes Sartorelli
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Sartorelli, A.C., Silva, M.G.d., Rodrigues, M.A.M. et al. Appendiceal taeniasis presenting like acute appendicitis. Parasitol Res 97, 171–172 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-1408-5

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