Right Testicular Artery Occlusion and Acute Appendicitis by Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Introduction. Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode from the superfamily Metastrongyloidea, whose etymology is “roundworm that lives in blood vessels”. This parasite can be found from the southern United States to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. In 1983, Morera and Ruiz published the f...

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Main Authors: Luis Enrique Sánchez-Sierra, Roberto Antonio Martínez-Quiroz, Héctor S. Antúnez, Humberto Cabrera-Interiano, Fernando Josué Barrientos-Melara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5670802