Fernando Nantote

Pinworms and Appendicitis: About 10 Cases with Review of Literature

Fernando Nantote, El Azzaoui Imad, Imane El Messaoudi, M. Bouzroud, M. Najih, H. El Kaoui, M. Bouchentouf & M. Moujahid · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

The pinworm is due to helminthes, Enterobius Vermicularis. It is a cosmopolitan digestive parasitosis and very frequent. It is a colic parasitosis because adult’s pinworms live in the cecum. Since the pinworm was found in the lumen of the appendix, its role in triggering inflamma...