Trichinella spiralis: incidental finding
Abstract
The case is presented of a 46-year-old male Kikuyu in Kenya with a one-month history of severe pruritus followed by progressive swelling of the right eye. A well differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma involving the periorbital connective tissue and extraocular muscles was seen. An incidental finding was an encapsulated Trichinella spiralis larva within the extraocular muscle. In an addendum a further incidental finding of T. spiralis is reported. 12 encapsulated larvae were found in otherwise healthy-looking muscle fibres in a biopsy taken from a suppurating back lesion. The implications for assessment of the true incidence of T. spiralis in man in Kenya are briefly discussed.
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http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19780844254.html?resultNumber=7&q=au%3A%22Kaminsky%2C+R.+G.%22http://hdl.handle.net/11295/88053
Citation
East African Medical Journal 1977 Vol. 54 No. 11 pp. 643-646Publisher
University of Nairobi
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