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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Medical University - Pleven
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jbcr.arphahub.com/article/34321/download/pdf/ |
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