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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Taenia Species, Uterine Branches and Capsule Endoscopy

Màrius V. FuentesMaria Teresa Galán-puchades

subject

Gravid proglottidUterusCapsule Endoscopydigestive systemlaw.invention03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCapsule endoscopylawparasitic diseasesmedicineAnimalsTaeniasisAdult stageTaeniasisTaeniaHepatologybiologyTaenia speciesurogenital systembusiness.industrymusculoskeletal neural and ocular physiologyGastroenterologyTaenia saginataAnatomybiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseasemedicine.anatomical_structure030220 oncology & carcinogenesisTaenia030211 gastroenterology & hepatologybusiness

description

Hamada et al. show, in their article, several proglottids of an adult stage of a Taenia species in the small bowel of a woman by capsule endoscopy (1). One of the images clearly shows a gravid proglottid that allows the view of the characteristic Taenia uterus morphology, with a central axis and a n

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-10-20American Journal of Gastroenterology
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41395-018-0355-6