[13-Year old boy with abdominal pain]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2012;156(18):A3566.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 13-year old boy presents with pain in the lower right abdomen, showing clinical signs of appendicitis. During McBurney' incision an appendix sana was seen. Histologic examination showed penetrating enterobiasis. This was treated with mebendazol.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Adolescent
  • Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Appendicitis / diagnosis*
  • Appendicitis / parasitology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enterobiasis / diagnosis*
  • Enterobiasis / drug therapy*
  • Enterobiasis / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mebendazole / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Mebendazole