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CT scan of the abdomen revealed a low intensity lesion in segment VIII of the right liver lobe.
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Further, the CT described "a small low-intensity lesion in the right lateral liver segment" (Fig. 1), but a subsequent liver ultrasound with intravenous contrast could not confirm the lesion.
Photomicrograph showing a gravid Enterobius vermicularis worm with several eggs, notice the two laterally placed alae (H&E x 20).
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Open resection of liver segment VIII was performed, and the histopathology surprisingly revealed an Enterobius vermicularis worm (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3).