A case of gastric strongyloidiasis in a Korean patient.
- Author:
Jin KIM
1
;
Hyun Soo JOO
;
Doo Hong KIM
;
Ho LIM
;
Yu Ho KANG
;
Myung Soo KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH: Aged; Albendazole/therapeutic use; Animals; Anthelmintics/therapeutic use; Feces/parasitology; Female; Humans; Intestines/parasitology; Korea; Male; Strongyloides stercoralis/*isolation & purification; Strongyloidiasis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/parasitology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2003;41(1):63-67
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 69-year-old Korean man was admitted to emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Laboratory tests revealed eosinophilia, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and hyponatremia. The gastric mucosa showed whitish mottled and slightly elevated lesions on the body angle of antrum. Microscopically, chronic gastritis with incomplete intestinal metaplasia was observed. Many adult worms, larvae, and eggs in cross sections were located in the crypts. Furthermore, the filariform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis with a notched tail were detected through the culture.
