Images in Clinical Medicine. Taenia saginata Infestation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 38-year-old man presented with worsening abdominal pain, vomiting, anorexia, generalized weakness, and weight loss that had begun 3 days earlier. He had a history of eating raw beef. Examination of stool showed an embryonated egg containing an oncosphere.
Medical subject headings
- Taenia saginata
- Taeniasis