PMC5968232_01
The worm was discharged and identified to be a female Ascaris lumbricoides.
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On the day before presentation, the patient experienced similar symptoms, coughed, felt an obstruction in his mouth, and manually pulled out a 20-cm-long worm (Fig. 1).