Abstract
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of abdominal emergent surgical disease worldwide. Enterobius vermicularis, a human intestinal parasite, is reported to be associated with acute appendicitis. We report a case of an 8-year-old girl who was admitted to the emergency unit with complaints of severe abdominal pain and was diagnosed with acute appendicitis. Microscopic pathological examination showed lymphoid follicles with prominent germinal centers and mantle zones within the appendix wall. Cross-sections of multiple female and male Enterobius vermicularis worms and a few longitudinal sections of E.vermicularis were seen. vermicularis is one of the most common human parasitic infections, so the possibility of infection of the appendix with E. vermicularis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of agents of appendicitis. Keywords: Appendicitis, Parasite, Enterobius, Khoy. (Please cite as: Hooshyar H, Jannati Dastgerdi M, Kazemi E. Acute appendicitis: a case report of hyperinfection with Enterobius vermicularis. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench 2021;14(3):286-289).
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