[A case of pelvic paragonimiasis combined with myoma uteri and pelvic inflammatory disease].

This case report describes a 51-year-old woman who presented with lower abdominal pain and intermittent vaginal spotting, leading to surgical intervention for presumed inflammatory disease and uterine myoma. During a total abdominal hysterectomy, numerous Paragonimus westermani ova were incidentally discovered in the resected pelvic omentum, confirming a diagnosis of pelvic paragonimiasis. The authors propose that this parasitic infection may serve as one of the causative agents for the patient's pelvic inflammatory disease. Relevance to endometriosis: listed as a differential diagnosis for chronic pelvic pain and inflammation, though the paper's main focus is on parasitic infection rather than endometriosis or adenomyosis.

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