A 34-year-old white male chef and butcher had a 3 year history
of epigastnic pain and pasing active flat worms about 2.54 cm
long in his stol. He pased a segment of worm 61 cm long 1
year before this examination. His weight had remained
unchanged despite a more substantial ingestion of fod
secondary to an increased apetie. He had formerly ben a cow
slaughterer and worked for an employer who had a tapeworm.
In aditon, the patient had a habit of chewing raw bef while
working. He was treated for tapeworms twice previously without
lasting sucesful results.