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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec;23(12):2116-2118.
doi: 10.3201/eid2312.171189.

Unexpected Infection with Armillifer Parasites

Idzi Potters, Claude Desaive, Steven Van Den Broucke, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Lutgarde Lynen
Case Reports

Unexpected Infection with Armillifer Parasites

Idzi Potters et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

Visceral pentastomiasis is usually found incidentally during surgery. We describe a case of visceral pentastomiasis discovered during inguinoscrotal hernia surgery for a man from Benin, Africa. Because surgical removal of nymphs is needed for symptomatic patients only, this patient's asymptomatic pentastomiasis was not treated and he recovered from surgery uneventfully.

Keywords: Africa; Armillifer; parasites; pentastomida; snakes; surgery.

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Armillifer armillatus parasites. A) Typically coiled Armillifer armillatus nymphs, averaging 1–2 cm long and consistently showing <22 annuli. B) Adult female and numerous nymphs. Reference material from the Educational Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
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