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- Title
A Case of Anisakidosis Caused by Pseudoterranova decipiens Larva.
- Authors
Hak Kyun Na; Min Seo; Jong-Yil Chai; Eun Kyoung Lee; Soung Min Jeon
- Abstract
Pseudoterranova decipiens larva is a rare cause of anisakiasis. Indeed, prior to the present study, there had been only 12 reports of larval P. decipiens infection in the Republic of Korea. In June 2011, an anisakid larva, 32.1 mm in length and 0.88 mm in width, and finally identified as the third stage larva of P. decipiens owing to the presence of an intestinal cecum but lacking ventricular appendage, was discovered in a 61-year-old woman during the course of endoscopy executed as a part of routine physical examinations. The patient had eaten raw a rockfish 13 hr prior to the endoscopy, but showed no symptoms of anisakiasis. This paper is the 13th report of P. decipiens infection in Korea.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; CASE studies; SEALWORM; ANISAKIASIS; CECUM; ENDOSCOPY; PERIODIC health examinations
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2013, Vol 51, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.115