Unexpected Infection with Armillifer Parasites.
Visceral pentastomiasis is usually found incidentally during surgery. We describe a case of visceral pentastomiasis discovered during inguinoscrotal hernia surgery for a man from Benin, Africa. Because surgical removal of nymphs is needed for symptomatic patients only, this patient's asymptomatic pentastomiasis was not treated and he recovered from surgery uneventfully.
['Potters|Idzi|I|', 'Desaive|Claude|C|', 'Van Den Broucke|Steven|S|', 'Van Esbroeck|Marjan|M|', 'Lynen|Lutgarde|L|']
D000328:Adult D000818:Animals D001541:Benin D006552:Hernia, Inguinal D059685:Herniorrhaphy D006801:Humans D008297:Male D009758:Nymph D010272:Parasitic Diseases D057078:Pentastomida
Armillifer parasites surgery Africa pentastomida snakes