"Pinworm" infection of the liver: Unusual CT appearance leading to hepatic resection

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 466-468

  Watson, Wa Sang ^a   Gallagher, James ^a   McCaughan, Geoffrey ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterobicus vermicularis; Hepatic granuloma; Pinworm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER RESECTION; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROBIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842556346     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000020505.46611.a0     Document Type: Article

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