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- Title
A Human Case of Clinostomum complanatum Infection in Korea.
- Authors
Chan-Woong Park; Jong-Soon Kim; Hyun-Soo Joo; Jin Kim
- Abstract
A 33-year-old Korean man visited a medical clinic with complaints of throat discomfort and pain for one week. The symptoms occurred one day after eating raw brackish water fish, perch. Endoscopy revealed a fluke, about 5 mm in length, attaching to and peristaltically moving on the surface of the mucosa at the arytenoid region of the larynx. Microscopically, the testes were triangular, tandem, and separated by the uterus. The ovary and cirrus pouch were placed apart from median line between testes. Numerous blood cells were observed in the ceca. The worm was identified to be Clinostomum complanatum. This is the second human case of clinostomiasis in Korea.
- Subjects
KOREA; TREMATODA; BRACKISH water fishes; MARINE worms
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2009, Vol 47, Issue 4, p401
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2009.47.4.401