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Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient

Ngui R 1 , Ravindran S 2 , Ong DB 2 , Chow TK 2 , Low KP 3 , Nureena ZS 3 Show all authors , Rajoo Y 4 , Chin YT 4 , Amir A 4 , Ahmad AF 4 , Lim YA 4 , Mahmud R 1

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  • 1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [email protected] [email protected]
  • 2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Clin Microbiol, 2014 Sep;52(9):3468-70.
PMID: 24989613 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01191-14

Abstract

We report a rare and unusual case of invasive Enterobius vermicularis infection in a fallopian tube. The patient was a 23-year-old Malaysian woman who presented with suprapubic pain and vaginal bleeding. A clinical diagnosis of ruptured right ovarian ectopic pregnancy was made. She underwent a laparotomy with a right salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopathological examination of the right fallopian tube showed eggs and adult remnants of E. vermicularis, and the results were confirmed using PCR and DNA sequencing.

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