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Table 1 Taenia saginata or Taenia spp. taeniosis case reports

From: Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Country (city)

No. of cases

Age

Species

Diagnosis

Reference

Lebanon (Tripoli)

1

69

T. saginata

Proglottid identification of the part of tapeworm found in the peritoneal exudate after jejunal perforation

[61]

Morocco (Rabat)

1

63

T. saginata

Tapeworm detection during capsule endoscopy. Proglottid identification after post-treatment elimination

[62]

Sudan (Khartoum)

1

50

T. saginata

Part of a tapeworm found in jejunostomy leak after esophagectomy

[63]

Sudan (Nyala)

1

43

T. saginata

Proglottid identification of vomited part of a tapeworm

[64]

Syria (Allepo)

1

70

Taenia spp.

Tapeworm detection during esophagogastroduodenoscopy

[65]