Pulmonary nodule caused by Enterobius vermicularis

Beaver, P.C.; Kriz, J.J.; Lau, T.J.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 22(6): 711-713

1973


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9637
PMID: 4745230
Document Number: 59486
In Connecticut, USA, a non-calcified coin lesion was discovered by roentgenography in the right lung of a man with a previous history of Enterobius vermicularis infection. It was removed surgically and was found to contain a collapsed female E. vermicularis with a prolapsed uterus full of eggs extending into the surrounding tissues.

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