[Diagnostic image (179). A woman with abdominal pain and weight loss. Intestinal infection with Strongyloides stercoralis].
A 40-year-old woman presented with prolonged abdominal complaints, weight loss and iron deficiency anaemia. Coloscopic biopsy revealed a nematode infestation, probably by Strongyloides stercoralis.
Blaauwgeers
J L
JL
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, afd. Pathologie, Postbus 95.500, 1090 HM Amsterdam. j.l.g.blaauwgeers@olvg.nl
Wagtmans
M J
MJ
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D000328:Adult; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015431:Weight Loss
D000871:Anthelmintics