A case of colonic lymphoid tissue invasion by Gymnophalloides seoi in a Korean man.
A 65-year old Korean man, living in Mokpo-city, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, visited a local clinic complaining of right upper quadrant pain and indigestion. At colonoscopy, he was diagnosed as having a carcinoma of the ascending colon, and thus, a palliative right hemicolectomy was performed. Subsequently, an adult fluke of Gymnophalloides seoi was incidentally found in a surgical pathology specimen of the lymph node around the colon. The worm was found to have invaded gut lymphoid tissue, with characteristic morphologies of a large oral sucker, a small ventral sucker, and a ventral pit surrounded by strong muscle fibers. This is the first reported case of mucosal tissue invasion by G. seoi in the human intestinal tract.
Seo
Min
M
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Chonan, Korea.
Chun
Hokyung
H
Ahn
Geunghwan
G
Jang
Kee-Taek
KT
Guk
Sang-Mee
SM
Chai
Jong-Yil
JY
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003106:Colon / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D007723:Korea; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*