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Guinea worm infection of urinary bladder manifesting as obstructive uropathy in rural Maharashtra.
[dracunculiasis]
Guinea
worm
or
Dracunculus
medinensis
is
a
well-documented
helminthic
infestation
in
many
areas
of
Asia
.
In
this
report
,
we
describe
a
rare
case
of
guinea
worm
infestation
in
a
25
-
year
-old
woman
who
had
developed
symptoms
of
obstructive
uropathy
,
in
whom
fragments
of
guinea
worm
were
removed
after
urethral
catheterization
.
To
the
best
of
our
knowledge
,
adult
guinea
worm
occurring
in
the
urinary
bladder
has
not
been
previously
described
.
