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Pelvic pain caused by intraperitoneal Enterobius vermicularis (threadworm) ova with an associated systemic autoimmune reaction
Author(s) -
Thomson John C.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2003.00164.x
Subject(s) - enterobius , medicine , immune system , dermatology , surgery , immunology , helminths
Aim: The aim of this paper, based on a case study was two‐fold; firstly to review the sites and gynecologic complications of ectopic Enterobius vermicularis and secondly study the autoimmune accompaniments of parasitic infestations. Methods: A case of intraperitoneal ectopic Enterobius vermicularis , with accompanying autoimmune signs and symptoms, is presented and its response to surgical and medical treatment described. A medical literature search was carried out into the subject of ectopic Enterobius vermicularis , particularly from the gynecologic perspective along with a study of autoimmune activation associated with parasitic infestation. Results: Pelvic pain was found to be caused by chronic inflammation from ectopic Enterobius vermicularis . This was treated both surgically and medically, with the surgical treatment proving to be inadequate but with a good response to immune modification. In the literature ectopic Enterobius vermicularis was found to be treatable surgically. Conclusion: Ectopic Enterobius vermicularis was found to create symptomatic inflammatory lesions that could be treated surgically and an associated autoimmune response treatable by immune modification.