Open AccessTaeniasis: An Unusual Presentation
Author(s) -
Shobha Prasada,
Sevitha Bhat,
K Vidyalakshmi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25763.10041
Subject(s) - taeniasis , presentation (obstetrics) , taenia , case presentation , medicine , geography , cestode infections , surgery , helminths , immunology
We report a case of 45-year-old male presenting with the history of nasal expulsion of segments of Taenia saginata. This route of expulsion is a rare occurrence. The report stresses this unusual presentation of taeniasis in endemic region.