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A Cryptic Infection of an Appendix with the Whipworm, Trichuris trichiura in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. O. Haines ,
J. J. C. Buckley  and
F. R. N. Pester
D. O. Haines
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth* and the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
J. J. C. Buckley
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth* and the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
F. R. N. Pester
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth* and the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Extract

A case of infection of an appendix with a whipworm, Trichuris trichiura is described. Only the thin pharyngeal part of the worm imbedded in the mucosa was observed in the sections, and whipworm eggs were not found in the patient's stools or appendiceal faeces.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 42 , Issue 3-4 , September 1968 , pp. 289 - 294
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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