Gastric involvement with Anisakis sp. larva in a Belgian patient after consumption of cod.
A case of acute episode of gastric anisakiasis in a patient, which was acquired through the consumption of infected cod meat and could be successfully resolved by endoscopic extraction, is described and discussed. This is the first report of cod as infection source as well as an authentic case of gastric anisakiasis in Belgium.
Vercammen
F
F
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Kumar
V
V
Bollen
J
J
Lievens
C
C
Van den Bergh
L
L
Vervoort
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*