A Case of Penile Gnathostomiasis in Thailand

Prasop Nitidandhaprabhas Division of Dermatology and Department of Surgery, Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, Royal Thai Air Force Medical Service, Donmuang, Thailand

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Supriya Sirimachan Division of Dermatology and Department of Surgery, Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, Royal Thai Air Force Medical Service, Donmuang, Thailand

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Kumporn Charnvises Division of Dermatology and Department of Surgery, Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, Royal Thai Air Force Medical Service, Donmuang, Thailand

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1978.27.1282
Volume/Issue:
Volume 27: Issue 6
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1282–1283
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A living young adult female Gnathostoma spinigerum 1.9 cm in length was extracted from a perforating hole on the left laterodorsal aspect of the proximal part of the inflamed glans penis of a 3-year-old Thai boy, the first such case to be recorded in the literature.

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Copyright:
Copyright © 1978 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1978
Accepted:
29 Apr 1978
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Published Online:
Nov 1978
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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