A case of expectoration of Gnathostoma spinigerum in Thailand.
A living adult male Gnathostoma spinigerum was coughed up by a 33-year-old Thai married woman. The expectorated worm may have emerged from the pharynx. Pork is a possible source of infection in this case. The significant symptoms of her illness were migratory joint pain, chest pain, palpitation, and itchy throat, progressively. She has never had swellings.
D000818:Animals; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000469:parasitology*; D013151:Spiruroidea / Q000469:parasitology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000469:parasitology*; D013552:Swine / Q000469:parasitology; D013785:Thailand