Unexpected Infection with Armillifer Parasites

Abstract

Visceral pentastomiasis is usually found incidentally during surgery. We describe a case of visceral pentastomiasis discovered during inguinoscrotal hernia surgery for a man from Benin, Africa. Because surgical removal of nymphs is needed for symptomatic patients only, this patient’s asymptomatic pentastomiasis was not treated and he recovered from surgery uneventfully.

Keywords

• Armillifer
• pentastomida
• snakes
• parasites
• surgery
• Africa