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case_images: Chest X-ray at hospital admission: Shows free air under the diaphragm (double yellow arrows), obliterated right costo-diaphragmatic angle (purple arrow). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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case_images: Lung opacities with loss of costo-diaphragmatic angle on the right side, likely right minimal pleural effusion (refer to Fig. 1 below). Laboratory parameters showed; WBC 4400/mm3 with left shift of 91% neutrophils, 72% lymphocytes, Hg 18g/dL, and platelets of 319,000/uL.
case_images: (A) T. saginata free in peritoneum(red arrow) and (B) removed T. saginata worm laid on surgical glove(black arrow), upstretched it measured ~3 m. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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case_images: Laparotomy revealed a 3 m long tapeworm freely movable in the peritoneal cavity (refer to Fig. 2; labelled A and B below), 3 L of yellow-green fluid, fibrin pseudo-membrane deposits, and two mid-jejunal perforations located at the ante-mesenteric border ~20 cm distal from the ligament of Treitz, each 5 cm apart, equal in size of ~1 cm x 1 cm (Refer to Fig. 3; Labelled C and D below).