Intestinal Perforation Due to Adult Tapeworm of Taenia : A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Autor: Bhandari R; Department of General and GI Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.; Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives., Chamlagain R; Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal., Sutanto E; Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA., Adam H; Department of General and GI Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.; Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives., Dhungana A; Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives., Ali AA; Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives., Piya B; Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives., Ubaid A; Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives., Neumayr A; Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.; Public Health and Tropical Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical medicine insights. Case reports [Clin Med Insights Case Rep] 2022 Feb 02; Vol. 15, pp. 11795476211072670. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 02 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1177/11795476211072670
Abstrakt: Taeniasis is an intestinal helminth infection due to adult tapeworms belonging to the genus Taenia. Taeniasis remains a major burden in low-income countries in Asia. We present a case of intestinal perforation caused by adult tapeworm of Taenia in a 50-year-old Nepali male. The patients presented to the hospital with severe abdominal pain and intermittent vomiting. Following clinical presentations and imaging features, gastrointestinal perforation was suspected. Surgical removal of adult tapeworm of Taenia, suspected to be T. saginata or T. asiatica, was carried out during exploratory laparotomy, which was followed by an uneventful postoperative period. In addition to case presentation, we systematically review published case reports on taeniasis-related intestinal perforation. A learning point from this case is clinician should maintain a clinical suspicion of taeniasis as a possible cause of intestinal perforation in endemic areas.
Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
(© The Author(s) 2022.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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