Rare Case of Human Visceral Linguatuliasis in Bulgaria Diagnosed on Biopsy Specimen

We report a rare case of visceral linguatuliasis in a 9-year-old boy. The diagnosis was made incidentally on a biopsy specimen obtained during laparotomy on account of an acute appendicitis. An encysted parasite was found in a mesenteric lymph node and diagnosed as Linguatula serrata larva mainly ba...

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Main Authors: Svetlana Mateva, Margarita Nikolova, Milen Karaivanov, Petya Marinova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical University - Pleven 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research
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Online Access:https://jbcr.arphahub.com/article/34321/download/pdf/
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