title: Megaduodenum associated with gastric strongyloidiasis.
abstract: Gastric strongyloidiasis and megaduodenum are rare diseases. Gastrointestinal (GI) strongyloidiasis has many clinical features. One of them is megaduodenum. We describe a case of a 32-years-old man who has come to us from an endemic area for Strongyloides stercoralis. He had had megaduodenum diagnosed in his childhood. We submitted him to two surgeries. He has recovered just after the second surgery, a Roux-en-Y partial gastrectomy. After that, his follow-up was uneventful and the patient has gained 10kg in weight. Histopathology confirmed gastric strongyloidiasis. In conclusion, if patients arrive from an endemic area of S. stercoralis and if they present GI symptoms or a previous diagnosis of megaduodenum, they must be considered for a histological evaluation for gastric strongyloidiasis.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amanda Pinter Carvalheiro
authors.initials: APC
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Yuri Longatto
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Boteon
authors.affiliation: Digestive System Diseases Discipline and Gastrocenter, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Valdir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tercioti
authors.affiliation: Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Roberto
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Souza Coelho Neto
authors.affiliation: Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit and Gastrocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: nandreollo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nelson Adami
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Andreollo
keywords: Gastrectomy; Megaduodenum; Strongyloidiasis