PARASITES IN CYTODIAGNOSIS - A CASE-REPORT OF STRONGYLOIDES-STERCORALIS IN PAPANICOLAOU SMEARS OF GASTRIC ASPIRATE, WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 24  (6) , 539-544
Abstract
A case is reported of a 79 yr old patient suspected of having malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract. This diagnosis was excluded by a Papanicolaou stain of his gastric aspirate, which revealed ova and larvae of S. stercoralis. This is the 1st time such ova have been reported in a Papanicolaou smear of gastric aspirate. The literature on parasites encountered in the Papanicolaou smear is reviewed.