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Hepatic Granuloma Due to a Nymph of Linguatula Serrata in a Woman from Michigan: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

C. H. GardinerDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306

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https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1984.33.187
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Volume 33: Issue 1
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187–189
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There have been seven cases of human infection by nymphs of Linguatula serrata reported from the United States. Only three of these, however, are proven to be autochthonous. We report a rare case of hepatic granuloma due to a nymph of L. serrata in a woman from Michigan. She had never left the continental United States.
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Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1984
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02 Sep 1983
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Jan 1984
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