A Case of Stongyloidiasis Associated with Acute Hemorrhagic Gastritis.
- Author:
Gun Ho LEE
1
;
Weon Gyu KHO
;
Oh Kil KIM
;
Jin Suk CHEON
;
Hag Jun KIM
;
Yong Jun AN
;
Joon Ho HA
;
Kyung Seok OH
;
Sang Jun BYEON
;
Sun Goan KIM
;
Sang Ryong LEE
;
In Sun JUN
;
Hyung KIM
;
Hye Kyoung YOON
;
Sang Young SEOL
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan Veterans Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acute hemorrhagic gastritis;
Strongyloides
- MeSH:
Aged;
Albendazole;
Biopsy;
Frontal Lobe;
Gastritis*;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Larva;
Male;
Nausea;
Neurosurgery;
Strongyloides;
Vomiting
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1999;19(1):73-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 69-year-old male was admitted to the neurosurgery department for traumatic intracra-nial hemorrhage in both frontal lobes. After 2 months, he complained of epigastric dis-comfort, nausea, vomiting, and loose stools. The gastric endoscopic examination found acute hemorrhagic gastritis and there were rhabditoid nematode larvae in the gastric fluid and biopsy sections. The filariform larvae of Strongyloides sp. were discovered from a fecal culture. The patient was treated with albendazole (200 mg, po bid, for 4 weeks). The epigastric discomfort disappeared and endoscopic findings improved after treatment.
