A case of acute gastric anisakiasis provoking severe clinical problems by multiple infection
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 97-100, 2003.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-206123
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ABSTRACT
Acute gastric anisakiasis with multiple anisakid larvae infection is reported. A 68-year-old woman residing in Busan, Korea, had epigastric pain with severe vomiting about 5 hours after eating raw anchovies. Four nematode larvae penetrating the gastric mucosae in the great curvature of the middle body and fundus were found and removed during gasteroendoscopic examination. Another one thread-like moving larva was found in the great curvature of upper body on the following day. On the basis of their morphology, the worms were identified as the 3rd stage larvae of Anisakis simplex. This case is acute gastric anisakiasis provoking severe clinical problems by the multiple infection and the greatest number of anisakid larvae found in a patient in Korea.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Helminthiasis
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Neglected Diseases
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Zoonoses
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Stomach Diseases
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Acute Disease
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Gastroscopy
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Anisakis
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Anisakiasis
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Gastric Mucosa
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article