Abstract

several centimeters. She was concerned that the objects were parasites and came in for evaluation. She was pre- sumptively treated with niclosamide, 2 g by mouth, followed by a purgative of magnesium citrate. Within 1 hour, she passed 20 tapeworm proglottids, which initially were noted to be motile (Fig. 1). Examina- tion of proglottids confirmed that the worm was a

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