KROK 1 2012 – Question 181 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A shepherd who has tended sheep together with dogs consulted a doctor about pain in his right subcostal area, nausea, vomiting. Roentgenoscopy revealed a tumour-like formation. What kind of helminthiasis might be suspected?
- A. Enterobiasis
- B. Echinococcosis
- C. Ascaridiasis
- D. Taeniarhynchosis
- E. Taeniasis
Hint
Think about which animal contact exposes a person to the larval stage of a parasite that can form a space-occupying lesion in the right upper abdomen.
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