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TAENIA INFESTATION OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX
Author(s) -
Payne John E.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb116844.x
Subject(s) - vermiform , appendix , infestation , taenia , medicine , general surgery , veterinary medicine , biology , zoology , helminths , paleontology , botany
A case is presented of tænia infestation of the appendix of a Lebanese woman. No other instance of this association was found reported in the Australian medical journals. The significance of this finding to the clinical condition of the patient is discussed.