Open Access<i>Ascaridia galli</i> Case as a Pseudohelminth in a Human Arm Skin
Author(s) -
Şinasi Umur,
Özgür Günal,
Ali Tümay Gürler,
Cenk Soner Bölükbaş,
Mustafa Açıcı
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
türkiye parazitoloji dergisi/türkiye parazitoloji dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2019.6368
Subject(s) - ascaridia galli , veterinary medicine , nematode , medicine , gynecology , biology , helminths , immunology , ecology
A 25-year-old male patient, who had terminal stage skin cancer (malignant melanocytic neoplasia) on his skin of arm was infected with white, round, worm parasites in the lesion area of the skin. Parasites were collected with a thin forceps in a petri dish, cleaned in warm physiological saline, fixed by 70% hot ethyl alcohol and clarified in lactophenol, respectively. All 14 female and 7 male nematodes, some of which had partial autolysis, were identified as Ascaridia galli , a chicken nematode. Due to the fact that it is a very rare case in the medical literature, we wish to report it.