Images in Clinical Medicine
Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor
Pinworms
N Engl J Med 1993; 328:927April 1, 1993
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Figure 1 Pinworms.
Female pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis) are shown leaving the anus of a five-year-old child who presented with crying, restlessness, and abdominal pain at 11 p.m. Female worms leave the rectum during the night and deposit eggs on the perianal skin, producing pruritus.
Kim Eagle, M.D.
Martin Weber, M.D.
Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, 3000 Hannover 61, Germany
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