Open AccessRoundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the cavity of the right heart. S. Voettiger, (A.M.J., 6 VII 1929)
Author(s) -
N. Kramov
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj80340
Subject(s) - chills , ascaris lumbricoides , right heart , medicine , autopsy , ventricle , pleural cavity , surgery , cardiology , helminths , immunology
The patient, admitted to the hospital with complaints of fever, chills, chest pains, died on the 4th day of illness from pulmonary thrombosis. In connection with this diagnosis, which was confirmed by autopsy, the right ventricle and a. pulmonalis were examined before removal of the viscera en masse.