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Enterobiasis: threadworm infection presenting as acute appendicitis in a 13-year-old girl
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  1. Shohib Tariq
  1. Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Shohib Tariq, shohib.tariq{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-208543

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    A 13-year-old girl presented to A&E with a 3-day history of abdominal pain, anorexia and nausea. Bowels were opening regularly once daily with no blood or mucous and there were no urinary symptoms.

    Menstruation was normal; there was no vaginal discharge or bleeding and the patient denied being sexually active.

    The pain had begun in the umbilicus and radiated to the right iliac fossa.

    On examination, the patient's abdomen was soft with rebound tenderness in the right iliac fossa, epigastric and umbilical …

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