title: [Anisakiasis presenting as perforated ulcer of the cecum].
abstract: A case of cecal anisakiasis is presented. Symptoms were compatible with appendicitis. The patient was operated and a perforated ulcer of the cecum was found. Ileocolic resection was performed. The histologic result showed the presence of Anisakis simplex larva in the muscle of the cecum. The patient was discharged the fifth day without complications. At present he is asymptomatic. He had eaten uncooked anchovies some days before the onset of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio di Chieti.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Nicola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Bartolomeo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waku
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Innocenti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017163:Anisakis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014456:Ulcer / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery