A case of abdominal syndrome caused by the presence of a large number of Anisakis larvae.
A 58-year-old woman living in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, complained of severe epigastric pain and nausea about 8 h after having eaten 'Sashimi'. A gastrocamera examination undertaken as a result of her clinical history of gastric anisakiasis indicated that a large number of worms had penetrated the posterior walls. Fifty-six larval nematodes were directly removed from the greater curvature of the stomach with a gastroendoscopic biopsy clipper, and were identified as the larvae of Anisakis simplex.
Kagei
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Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan.
Isogaki
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D013270:Stomach / Q000469:parasitology*; D013577:Syndrome