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ArticleThe Korean journal of parasitology2021

Taenia saginata Infection Misdiagnosed as Acute Cholecystitis in a Tibetan Patient, in China.

Xiu-Min Han, Xue-Yong Zhang, Ying-Na Jian, Qing-Shan Tian

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Article in The Korean journal of parasitology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiu-Min HanClinical Research Institute of Hydatid Disease, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining 810007, China.
Xue-Yong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China.
Ying-Na JianState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China.
Qing-Shan TianClinical Research Institute of Hydatid Disease, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining 810007, China.
Qinghai Provincial Peoples Hospital · CNQinghai University · CN

Funding

Qinghai Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine MKY-2019-10Qinghai University 2018-QNY-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study reports a rare case of Taenia saginata infection, which was initially diagnosed as acute cholecystitis in a Tibetan patient at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau pastoral area, China. A 45-year-old female was initially diagnosed with acute cholecystitis at a hospital in China. She had a slight fever, weight loss and constipation and complained of pain in the upper abdomen and left back areas. Increase of monocyte, eosinophil and basophil levels were shown. Taenia sp. eggs were detected in a fecal examination. An adult tapeworm approximately 146 cm in length, whitish-yellow color, was collected from the patient after treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. The adult tapeworm had a scolex and proglottids with genital pores. The scolex was rectangular shape with 4 suckers and rostellum without hooklet. The cox1 gene sequence shared 99.5-99.8% homology with that of T. saginata from other regions in China. The patient was diagnosed finally infected with T. saginata by morphological and molecular charateristics.

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Cholecystitis, AcuteTaeniaTaenia saginataTaeniasisAdultAnimalsChinaDiagnostic ErrorsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedTibetcox1 genePastoral areaQinghai-Tibet PlateauTaenia saginataTibetan

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