Appendicitis and enterobiasis in children
Bredesen, J.; Falensteen Lauritzen, A.; Kristiansen, V.B.; Sørensen, C.; Kjersgaard, P.
Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica 154(10): 585-587
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5482 PMID: 3213367 Document Number: 324780
Enterobius vermicularis was found in 38 (12.5%) of 303 appendices removed from children in Denmark. No evidence was obtained for a pathogenic effect of the parasite in appendicitis. Negative laparotomy was significantly more common in the infected group than in the other children. The findings support the theory that E. vermicularis can cause symptoms resembling true appendicitis viz. appendicopathia oxyrica.