Balantidium coli apendicular como hallazgo incidental. Reporte de un caso

Abstract

Balantidium coli is the only member of the Balantidiiae family capable of infecting human beings. We present one in a 43 years-old male admitted for a surgical co-rrection of an incisional hernia with prophylactic appendicectomy. Histopathological findings reported the cecal appendix within normal architecture, appendicitis and peri-appendicitis free. At the lumen big, rounded shape structures (aprox. 50 mm) were visible with broad cytoplasm, big vacuoles, peripheral cilia and dense nucleus, corresponding to Balantidium coli trophozoites.

Keywords

• balantidiasis
• balantidium coli
• ciliated protozoa
• cecal appendix and ventral (incisional) hernia repair