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Hepatic granuloma in a man from North America caused by a nymph of Linguatula serrata.

Abstract:: A calcified nodule on the liver of a 62-year-old man from North Carolina, USA, contained a degenerated nymph of Linguatula serrata. The nodule was incidentally discovered at laparotomy for malignant lymphoma and cholelithiasis. The cuticle was all that remained of the parasite, but sclerotized openings and large spines on the cuticle proved the parasite was L. serrata, a pentastomid arthropod. Anatomic location and size of the parasite indicated that it was consistent with the nymphal stage of L. serrata. This is the fifth confirmed infection of humans from North America by a pentastomid parasite.

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Baird, J., Kassebaum, L., & Ludwig, G. (1988). Hepatic granuloma in a man from North America caused by a nymph of Linguatula serrata. Pathology, 20(2), 198–199.

MLA Style

Baird, J, et al. “Hepatic Granuloma in a Man from North America Caused by a Nymph of Linguatula Serrata.” Pathology, vol. 20, no. 2, 1988, pp. 198–99.

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Baird, J, L Kassebaum, and G Ludwig. 1988. “Hepatic Granuloma in a Man from North America Caused by a Nymph of Linguatula Serrata.” Pathology 20 (2): 198–99.
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Publisher copy:: 10.3109/00313028809066635

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+ Baird, J More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: NDM
Sub department:: Tropical Medicine
Role:: Author

+ Kassebaum, L More by this author

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+ Ludwig, G More by this author

Role:: Author

Journal:: Pathology More from this journal
Volume:: 20
Issue:: 2
Pages:: 198-199
Publication date:: 1988-04-01
DOI:: 10.3109/00313028809066635
EISSN:: 1465-3931
ISSN:: 0031-3025

Language:: English
Keywords:: Humans

North America

Middle Aged

Liver Diseases, Parasitic

Granuloma

Animals

Arthropods

Nymph

Parasitic Diseases

Male
Pubs id:: pubs:81697
UUID:: uuid:001e3571-1883-4d5b-bd08-014f0fca579b
Local pid:: pubs:81697
Source identifiers:: 81697
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_001e357118834d5bbd08014f0fca579b

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Copyright date:: 1988

Licence:: Terms and Conditions of Use for Oxford University Research Archive

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