A case of ileus caused by a spiruroid nematode.
A 34-year-old male living in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, complained of lower abdominal pain. Ileus was suspected based on his clinical history and symptoms, and a laparotomy was performed. Four sections of a nematode were found in a large eosinophilic granuloma in the intestinal wall, and were identified as the larva of a spiruroid nematode. This is the third reported case of a spiruroid nematode infection found in the ileum.
Kagei
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Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan.
Kumazawa
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Miyoshi
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Kosugi
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Ishih
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000469:parasitology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000469:parasitology*; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013151:Spiruroidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*