TY - JOUR
T1 - Human ectopic fascioliasis in the cecum
AU - Chan Il Park, Il Park
AU - Ro, J. Y.
AU - Hoguen Kim, Kim
AU - Gutierrez, Y.
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PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - A case of ectopic human Fasciola spp. infection in the cecal wall is reported. The patient, a 27-year-old Korean woman, resident in Seoul, Korea, presented with nausea, vomiting, and epigastric tenderness. One week later a palpable mass was discovered in the right iliac fossa. A clinical diagnosis of a carcinoma of the colon was made and the patient underwent a cecal resection. The mass proved to be an inflammatory reaction containing numerous tracts made by the migrating fluke, Fasciola sp.
AB - A case of ectopic human Fasciola spp. infection in the cecal wall is reported. The patient, a 27-year-old Korean woman, resident in Seoul, Korea, presented with nausea, vomiting, and epigastric tenderness. One week later a palpable mass was discovered in the right iliac fossa. A clinical diagnosis of a carcinoma of the colon was made and the patient underwent a cecal resection. The mass proved to be an inflammatory reaction containing numerous tracts made by the migrating fluke, Fasciola sp.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000478-198401000-00008
DO - 10.1097/00000478-198401000-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 6696167
AN - SCOPUS:0021339664
SN - 0147-5185
VL - 8
SP - 73
EP - 77
JO - American Journal of Surgical Pathology
JF - American Journal of Surgical Pathology
IS - 1
ER -