Footnotes

• Handling editor Iskander Chaudhry.

• Contributors AMF identified the parasite. SN performed the surgery and provided clinical inputs. SAP performed the histopathological evaluation of the tissue.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests None declared.

• Patient consent for publication Obtained.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.