A Case of Gastritis Associated with Gastric Capillariasis.
10.3346/jkms.2009.24.5.963
- Author:
Jin KIM
1
;
Hyun Soo JOO
;
Saera JUNG
;
Hyung Seok KIM
;
Min Young LEE
;
Jong Jae JEONG
;
Hyung Seok KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, Seonam University College of Medicine, Namwon, Korea. jinkim16@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Capillaria;
Stomach;
Biopsy;
Endoscopy
- MeSH:
Albendazole/therapeutic use;
Animals;
Antiprotozoal Agents/therapeutic use;
*Capillaria;
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal;
Enoplida Infections/*diagnosis/drug therapy;
Female;
Gastric Mucosa/parasitology/*pathology;
Gastritis/*diagnosis;
Humans;
Middle Aged
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2009;24(5):963-966
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This report is about the case of gastritis associated with capillariasis. The patient was a 52-yr-old Korean woman who occasionally ate raw fish and chicken. She complained of mild abdominal pain and nausea, but not diarrhea. An endoscopic examination revealed an exudative flat erosive change on the gastric mucosa of the antrum. She was microscopically diagnosed as chronic gastritis with numerous eosinophil infiltrations. The sectioned worms and eggs in mucosa were morphologically regarded as belonging to the genus Capillaria. This is the first case of gastric capillariasis reported in the Republic of Korea.
