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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2014; 20(36): 13191-13194
Published online Sep 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.13191
Published online Sep 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.13191
Ileal intussusception due to a parasite egg: A case report
José Pedro Pinto, Agostinho Cordeiro, Conceição Antunes, Patrícia Botelho, Pedro Leão, Department of General Surgery, Hospital de Braga, 2242 Apartado, Portugal
Ana Margarida Ferreira, Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Hospital de Braga, 2242 Apartado, Portugal
Ana João Rodrigues, Pedro Leão, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, 2242 Apartado, Portugal
Ana João Rodrigues, Pedro Leão, ICVS/3B’s-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, 2242 Apartado, Portugal
Author contributions: Leão P evaluated the patient; Leão P, Rodrigues AJ, Pinto JP and Cordeiro A were involved in writing the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content; Ferreira AM evaluated pathologic anatomy; Antunes C and Botelho P performed the surgery.
Correspondence to: Pedro Leão, MD, PhD, Department of General Surgery, Hospital de Braga, 4701-965 Braga, 2242 Apartado, Portugal. pedroleao@ecsaude.uminho.pt
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Received: February 17, 2014
Revised: March 16, 2014
Accepted: April 15, 2014
Published online: September 28, 2014
Revised: March 16, 2014
Accepted: April 15, 2014
Published online: September 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: This manuscript reports a rare case of intestinal invagination in an adult, which was later found to be caused by a very rare event in non-tropical countries - an egg of a tropical parasite belonging to the Schistosoma species. This diagnosis was highly improbable in a non tropical country and this is the first report of such an event.