A case of ovarian enterobiasis

  • Hong, Sung-Tae (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Min-Ho (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chai, Jong-Yil (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young-Tak (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulsan Seoul Asan Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Kyung (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulsan Seoul Asan Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Kyu-Rae (Department of Diagnostic Pathology, University of Ulsan Seoul Asan Medical Center)
  • 발행 : 2002.09.01

초록

A 36-year old Korean woman consulted a clinic for a regular gynecological examination, and a mass was noticed in her pelvis. She was referred to the Asan Medical Center, Seoul where transvaginal ultrasonography confirmed a pelvic mass exceeding 10cm in diameter. She received total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoophorectomy, and a borderline serous neoplasm with micropapillary features involving the left ovary and right ovarian serosa was histopathologically confirmed. In addition, a section of a nematode with numerous eggs was found in the parenchyma of the left ovary. The worm had degenerated but the eggs were well-preserved and were identified as those of Enterobius vermicularis. She is an incidentally recognized case of ovarian enterobiasis.

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