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. 2017 Nov 15:24:74-76.

doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.11.021. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Intestinal perforation and peritonitis due to Taenia saginata: A case report from Iran

Masoud Soosaraei¹, Shahriar Alizadeh², Mahdi Fakhar³, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi³, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi⁴

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¹ Student Research Committee, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
² Pathology Department, Social Security Organization, Hakim Jorjani Hospital, Gorgan, Iran.
³ Department of Radiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
⁴ Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

PMID: 29276585
PMCID: PMC5736856
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.11.021

Case Reports

Intestinal perforation and peritonitis due to Taenia saginata: A case report from Iran

Masoud Soosaraei et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2017.

. 2017 Nov 15:24:74-76.

doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.11.021. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

Masoud Soosaraei¹, Shahriar Alizadeh², Mahdi Fakhar³, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi³, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Student Research Committee, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
² Pathology Department, Social Security Organization, Hakim Jorjani Hospital, Gorgan, Iran.
³ Department of Radiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
⁴ Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

PMID: 29276585
PMCID: PMC5736856
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.11.021

Abstract

Taenia saginata (T. saginata) is one of the most common cestode in human. We report a case of intestinal perforation caused due to T. saginata infection. The patient, 54-year-old female, had intermittent abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting on referral. Intestinal obstruction and perforation leading to necrosis, and volvulus due to an impacted tapeworm was observed. Histopathological examinations showed acute inflammation with mucosal ulceration, and luminal exudates accompanied by an elongated and flattened segment of the helminth. Taenia infections should be considered in differential diagnosis of peritonitis and gastrointestinal tumors, particularly in endemic countries including Iran.

Keywords: Case report; Intestinal perforation; Taenia saginata; Taeniasis.

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