title: Gnathostoma hispidum infection in a Korean man returning from China.
abstract: Human Gnathostoma hispidum infection is extremely rare in the world literature and has never been reported in the Republic of Korea. A 74-year-old Korean man who returned from China complained of an erythematous papule on his back and admitted to our hospital. Surgical extraction of the lesion and histopathological examination revealed sections of a nematode larva in the deep dermis. The sectioned larva had 1 nucleus in each intestinal cell and was identified as G. hispidum. The patient recalled having eaten freshwater fish when he lived in China. We designated our patient as an imported G. hispidum case from China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Gyeongggi-do 411-706, Korea.
authors.forename: Han-Seong
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Joo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: Sun-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Je G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Jong-Yil
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D058429:Gnathostomiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014195:Travel