Human infection with Gongylonema pulchrum: a case report
Jelinek, T.; Löscher, T.
Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit 45(4): 329-330
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0177-2392 PMID: 7716397 Document Number: 426974
A 43-year-old German woman developed a painful tumor at the left buccal mucosa. Following local anti-inflammatory treatment a 35 mm long, living female adult worm of Gongylonema pulchrum was extracted from the affected side. No further treatment was needed and recovery was complete 5 days after extraction. Infection had occurred possibly 6 weeks before in Hungary with ingestion of contaminated water from an open draw well. The life cycle and pathology of G. pulchrum are discussed.