A CASE OF TRICHIURA TRICHURIASIS IN THE ASCENDING COLON REMOVED ENDOSCOPICALLY

Abstract

A 68-year-old female farmer was admitted to our hospital because of severe right lower abdominal pain with vomiting. Physical examination disclosed that moderate tenderness was elicited in the right lower abdomen. The white blood cell count was 8, 300 without eosinophilia. Stool specimen gave a negative test for occult blood nor parasite eggs. Colonoscopy showed several whipworms in the ascending colon ; all of them were endoscopically removed. Her clinical symptom was ameliorated on the next day. The patient was given mebendazole 100mg twice daily for 3 days. One month after completion of therapy, the feces were repeatedly examined for ova by MGL method, but no eggs were detectable.