A case of extragastrointestinal anisakiasis involving a mesocolic lymph node.
In a 43-year-old Korean man who underwent radical gastrectomy due to a malignant stromal tumor, was found to have an enlarged lymph node at transverse mesocolon. The lymph node exhibited histologically necrotizing eosinophilic granuloma formed around a track containing sections of a nematode larva. The well preserved nematode sections revealed polymyarian muscle cells, Y-shaped lateral cord, a large excretory gland cell, intestine and eosinophilic cuticle. The nematode sections were identified as a larva of Anisakis species. In Korea, this is the first case of extragastrointestinal anisakiasis.
Kim
H J
HJ
Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Park
C
C
Cho
S Y
SY
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D017163:Anisakis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008646:Mesocolon