Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis Caused by Enterobius Vermicularis.

, Lee, Yoon suk; , Lee, In kyu; , Oh, Seung teak; , Kim, Jun gi; , Jang, Suk kyun; , Kim, Young ha; , Kim, Kyung Mee

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology 2005;21(4):255-257.

Lee, Yoon suk , Lee, In kyu , Oh, Seung teak , Kim, Jun gi , Jang, Suk kyun , Kim, Young ha , Kim, Kyung Mee

¹Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, Incheon, Korea. yslee@catholic.ac.kr
²Department of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Korea.
³Department of Surgery, Kang-nam St. Mary's Hospital, Korea.
⁴Department of Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, Korea.
⁵Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.

Abstract

Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infection occurs in 4~28% worldwide. Although the most common clinical manifestation is perianal pruritis, it may cause gastrointestinal manifestations, including acute appendicitis in about 0.2~41.8% of infections. Preoperative diagnosis of pinworms in patients with acute appendicitis is not routinely performed. We performed a laparoscopic appendectomy for an acute appendicitis caused by Enterobius vermicularis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis caused by Enterobius vermicularis in Korea.

Key Words: Enterobius vermicularis; Acute appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy