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. 2023 Nov 20;110(1):7.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0275. Print 2024 Jan 3.

Pentastomiasis

Pierre Marty  1   2 , Coralie L'Ollivier  3   4 , Loïc Simon  1   2
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Pentastomiasis

Pierre Marty et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Abdominal X-ray of a young male patient showing a large number of horseshoe-shaped calcifications in the peritoneal cavity, indicative of pentastomiasis.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Macroscopic aspect of the biopsy collected during laparoscopy (length, 14 mm), showing a calcified cyst with internal aspect evoking a larval form.
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