title: A human case of gastric infection by Pseudoterranova decipiens larva.
abstract: We report a case of gastric pseudoterranoviasis proven by gastrofiberscopy on Dec. 13, 1994. The 34-year-old male patient, residing in Chungju-shi, was admitted to Konkuk University Hospital complaining of prickling epigastric pain. The symptoms suddenly attacked him two days after eating raw marine fish at Chonan-shi. By the gastrofiberscopic examination, a long white-yellowish nematode was found from the fundus region of stomach. The worm was 34.50 x 0.84 mm in size, and was identified as a 3rd stage larva of Pseudoterranova decipiens judging from the position of the intestinal cecum. This is the 12th confirmed case of human pseudoterranoviasis in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea. jaeran.yu@mail.kku.ac.kr
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sohn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*