Abstract

PEREZ-HERNANDEZ, Cristian J.; ROCHA-AGUIRRE, Juan Eduardo  and  PARRA-MEDINA, Rafael. Apendicular balantidium coli as incidental finding during surgery. Report of a case. Infect. [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.2, pp.138-141.  Epub May 10, 2021. ISSN 0123-9392.  https://doi.org/10.22354/in.v25i2.933.

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.

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