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Case Report
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J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2005;21(4):255-257.
- Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis Caused by Enterobius Vermicularis.
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Lee, Yoon suk , Lee, In kyu , Oh, Seung teak , Kim, Jun gi , Jang, Suk kyun , Kim, Young ha , Kim, Kyung Mee
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1Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, Incheon, Korea. yslee@catholic.ac.kr
2Department of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Korea.
3Department of Surgery, Kang-nam St. Mary's Hospital, Korea.
4Department of Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, Korea.
5Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
- Abstract
- Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infection occurs in 4~28% worldwide. Although the most common clinical manifestation is perianal pruritis, it may cause gastrointestinal manifestations, including acute appendicitis in about 0.2~41.8% of infections. Preoperative diagnosis of pinworms in patients with acute appendicitis is not routinely performed. We performed a laparoscopic appendectomy for an acute appendicitis caused by Enterobius vermicularis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis caused by Enterobius vermicularis in Korea.
Keywords :Enterobius vermicularis;Acute appendicitis;Laparoscopic appendectomy
