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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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research 2013-12, Vol.6 (2), p.131-134
Hauptverfasser:	Mateva, Svetlana A., Nikolova, Margarita R., Karaivanov, Milen P., Marinova, Petya E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Linguatula serrata visceral linguatuliasis
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