Trichinella spiralis: incidental finding

dc.contributor.author	Kaminsky, RG
dc.contributor.author	Zimmerman, RR
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-17T07:07:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-17T07:07:53Z
dc.date.issued	1977
dc.identifier.citation	East African Medical Journal 1977 Vol. 54 No. 11 pp. 643-646	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19780844254.html?resultNumber=7&q=au%3A%22Kaminsky%2C+R.+G.%22
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/88053
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en_US
dc.title	Trichinella spiralis: incidental finding	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.type.material	en	en_US