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View larger version (98K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. A 22-year-old man presented with a six-month history of severe epigastric and periumbilical hunger pangs, diarrhea, and a weight loss of 8 kg. Ultrasonographic abdominal examination showed normal findings, as did examination of a stool specimen for parasites, upper gastroduodenal endoscopy, total colonoscopy, and ileoscopy of the last 15 cm of the small bowel. On an x-ray film of the small bowel, the beef tapeworm Taenia saginata was detected as a long, translucent filling defect (arrows) in the preterminal ileal loop. The young man had been a regular consumer of raw beef prepared as steak tartare. Treatment . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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