title: Pseudo-obstruction and a sprue-like syndrome from stronglyloidiasis.
abstract: Symptomatic disease from Strongyloides stercoralis has been recognized for the first time in Trinidad. Five cases are reported, all showing clinical features suggestive of a sprue-like syndrome. Subtotal jejunal villous atrophy was seen in one case and partial villous atrophy in two. Three patients had laparotomies because of suspected partial intestinal obstruction. A sprue-like syndrome in certain Caribbean immigrants should arouse a suspicion of S. stercoralis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013827:Thiabendazole