To cite: Naalla R, S, ShettyP, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014205411 DESCRIPTION A 23-year-old man presented to us with reports of right-sided lower abdominal pain for 1 day associated with anorexia and nausea. Abdominal ultrasound scan showed inflammed appendix. His routine blood investigations revealed mild neutrophilic leucocytosis a...

Enterobius vermicularis also known commonly as pinworm is the most common intestinal parasite. It is a nematode that inhabits the human terminal ileum, colon and appendix. The fertilized female migrates to the perianal area where eggs are deposited but occasionally introduces itself into adjacent orifices, most commonly the female genitourinary tract. Thus the eggs can be seen in the vaginal sm...

To cite: Kaczynski J, Hilton J. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013202962 DESCRIPTION A 35-year-old woman presented with a 96-h history of constant right iliac fossa (RIF) pain on movement and coughing. The pain was associated with vomiting and anorexia, but there was no associated change in bowel habit, weight loss or dysuria. At presentation, sh...

Appendicitis is a common clinical problem but not specific to parasite. A 43-year-old patient consulted for digestive troubles, mostly acute abdominal pain, in the right part. Taenia saginata was found appendectomy. Different parasites were histopathological evaluation of appendix, Enterobius vermicularis, also Ascaris, Taenia, amoeba, and Schistosoma. Acute appendicitis proven by submucosal fi...

DESCRIPTION A 35-year-old male presented complaints of cramps, diarrhoea, lower abdominal pain, mild iron-deficiency anaemia but without weight loss, nausea, vomiting or gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastroscopy, colonoscopy, small bowel follow-through, laboratory data and faecal microscopy were normal. At capsule endoscopy, multiple small live worms compatible with Enterobius vermicularis were id...

Acute appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, which has many attributable etiologies [1,2]. One rare cause is inflammation or direct luminal obstruction due to parasite infestation. There have been case reports about parasites as a pathological finding after removal of the appendix in patients suffering from acute appendicitis [3–5]. Some studies speculate on the parasitosis causing sy...