A 9-year-old Canadian boy presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of sudden, unremitting pain in the right iliac fossa. His medical history was otherwise unremarkable, and he had ...

Despite this, her temperature was normal, and initial tests, including blood work and imaging, were inconclusive. A pelvic ultrasound showed a small ovarian cyst, and a CT scan revealed mild ...

During a medical procedure to remove a 16-year-old girl's appendix, doctors discovered that she was suffering from an infestation of pinworms. Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) causes significant ...

DOCTORS were shocked to discover pinworms living inside a teenager's appendix. The 15-year-old arrived at A&E doubled over with tummy pain, feeling sick, and unable to eat - all classic signs of ...