A case of trichocephaliasis in a 70-year-old male is described. The original diagnosis, based on radiological and endoscopic findings, was of a sessile polyp of the colon. Only when a fragment of the supposed polyp was removed at biopsy and examined histologically was it revealed as a single male specimen of whipworm.
Cryptic infection by whipworm mimicking a sessile polyp of the colon / Pampiglione, S; Rivasi, Francesco; Rubbiani, C.. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 1125-8055. - STAMPA. - 29:(1997), pp. 365-366.
Cryptic infection by whipworm mimicking a sessile polyp of the colon
RIVASI, Francesco;
1997
Abstract
A case of trichocephaliasis in a 70-year-old male is described. The original diagnosis, based on radiological and endoscopic findings, was of a sessile polyp of the colon. Only when a fragment of the supposed polyp was removed at biopsy and examined histologically was it revealed as a single male specimen of whipworm.
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