# RETRACTION: “Rare tapeworm segments case report and review of literature” by Ahmed Ali Gaffer, Clin Case Rep. 2023;11:e7167 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7167)

## TL;DR

This paper is a retraction of a case report on a rare tapeworm due to significant scientific inaccuracies.

## Contribution

The paper formally retracts a previously published article due to fundamental scientific flaws.

## Key findings

- The original article contains inaccurate information.
- An investigation confirmed the scientific flaws in the manuscript.

## Abstract

The above article, published online on March 29, 2023 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor‐in‐Chief, Dr Charles Young, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation into concerns raised by a third party that the article contains several fundamental scientific flaws. The manuscript was evaluated by a senior editor and by an independent scientific expert who both confirmed that important information contained within the manuscript and its conclusions was inaccurate.