Eosinophilic appendicitis caused by schistosoma japonicum: A case report and review of the literature

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Wasana Kanoksil, Noppadol Larbcharoensub, Pannathat Soontrapa, Sith Phongkitkarun, Suthus Sriphojanart, Prawat Nitiyanant
• مؤلفون آخرون: Mahidol University
• التنسيق: Review
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: Medicine
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/29541

Parasitic appendicitis is uncommon. The authors reviewed the pathology of 4,130 appendices resected over the past 10 years (2000 to 2009). Only one case of eosinophilic appendicitis caused by Schistosoma japonicum was identified. The overall prevalence of schistosomal appendicitis was 0.024%. The ca...