A case of colonic lymphoid tissue invasion by Gymnophalloides seoi in a Korean man.
- Author:
Min SEO
1
;
Hokyung CHUN
;
Geunghwan AHN
;
Kee Taek JANG
;
Sang Mee GUK
;
Jong Yil CHAI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Gymnophalloides seoi; tissue parasitism; colon; gut lymphoid tissue; case report; man
- MeSH: Trematode Infections/diagnosis/parasitology/*pathology; Trematoda/*isolation & purification/ultrastructure; Male; Lymphoid Tissue/*parasitology; Korea; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/diagnosis/*parasitology/pathology; Humans; Colonic Diseases/*parasitology; Colon/*parasitology/pathology/surgery; Animals; Aged
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2006;44(1):87-89
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 65-year old Korean man, living in Mokpo-city, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, visited a local clinic complaining of right upper quadrant pain and indigestion. At colonoscopy, he was diagnosed as having a carcinoma of the ascending colon, and thus, a palliative right hemicolectomy was performed. Subsequently, an adult fluke of Gymnophalloides seoi was incidentally found in a surgical pathology specimen of the lymph node around the colon. The worm was found to have invaded gut lymphoid tissue, with characteristic morphologies of a large oral sucker, a small ventral sucker, and a ventral pit surrounded by strong muscle fibers. This is the first reported case of mucosal tissue invasion by G. seoi in the human intestinal tract.
