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Taenia saginata
N Engl J Med 1999; 341:1737December 2, 1999
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Figure 1 A 22-year-old man presented with a six-month history of severe epigastric and periumbilical hunger pangs, diarrhea, and a weight loss of 8 kg. Ultrasonographic abdominal examination showed normal findings, as did examination of a stool specimen for parasites, upper gastroduodenal endoscopy, total colonoscopy, and ileoscopy of the last 15 cm of the small bowel. On an x-ray film of the small bowel, the beef tapeworm Taenia saginata was detected as a long, translucent filling defect (arrows) in the preterminal ileal loop. The young man had been a regular consumer of raw beef prepared as steak tartare. Treatment with niclosamide (total dose, 2 g) resulted in both complete relief of abdominal symptoms within four days and a weight gain of 7 kg within four weeks. Three months after the treatment had been administered, a barium contrast study of the small intestine showed normal findings. The patient was followed for 18 months and remained asymptomatic.
Claude Matuchansky, M.D.
Yves Lenormand, M.D.
Lariboisière Hospital, 75010 Paris, France- Citing Articles (2)
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