A human case of gastric infection by Pseudoterranova decipiens larva.
10.3347/kjp.2001.39.2.193
- Author:
Jae Ran YU
1
;
Min SEO
;
Young Wook KIM
;
Mee Hee OH
;
Woon Mok SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea. jaeran.yu@mail.kku.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Animals;
Anisakiasis/*parasitology;
Ascaridoidea/*isolation & purification;
Gastric Mucosa/parasitology;
Gastroscopy;
Human;
Korea;
Larva;
Male;
Stomach Diseases/*parasitology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2001;39(2):193-196
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of gastric pseudoterranoviasis proven by gastrofiberscopy on Dec. 13, 1994. The 34-year-old male patient, residing in Chungju-shi, was admitted to Konkuk University Hospital complaining of prickling epigastric pain. The symptoms suddenly attacked him two days after eating raw marine fish at Chonan-shi. By the gastrofiberscopic examination, a long white-yellowish nematode was found from the fundus region of stomach. The worm was 34.50 x 0.84 mm in size, and was identified as a 3rd stage larva of Pseudoterranova decipiens judging from the position of the intestinal cecum. This is the 12th confirmed case of human pseudoterranoviasis in Korea.
