A case of acute gastric anisakiasis provoking severe clinical problems by multiple infection.
- Author:
Ji Hun NOH
1
;
Bong Jin KIM
;
Sun Mee KIM
;
Mee Sun OCK
;
Moo In PARK
;
Ja Young GOO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Anisakis simplex; gastric anisakiasis; fish
- MeSH: Acute Disease; Aged; Animals; Anisakiasis/*parasitology/surgery; Anisakis/*growth & development; Female; Gastric Mucosa/parasitology/pathology/surgery; Gastroscopy; Human; Stomach Diseases/*parasitology/pathology/surgery
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2003;41(2):97-100
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
