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Figure 1. Ascaris lumbricoides.
Upper endoscopy was performed in a 19-year-old man from Afghanistan because of four days of watery diarrhea and dysphagia without abdominal pain. Stool examination revealed no parasitic ova, and cultures were negative for bacterial pathogens. Endoscopy revealed an erosive inflammation of the terminal esophagus. In the duodenum, two worms (Panel A and Panel B) were removed with biopsy forceps -- one a female (length, 28 cm) and the other a male (length, 18 cm) Ascaris lumbricoides. Both worms are shown after removal (Panel C). After treatment with mebendazole, the patient passed several worms in the feces. . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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