title: A Case ofTaenia asiaticaInfection Diagnosed by Colonoscopy.
abstract: A case ofTaenia asiaticainfection detected by small bowel series and colonoscopy is described. The patient was a 42-year-old Korean man accompanied by discharge of movable proglottids via anus. He used to eat raw pig liver but seldom ate beef. Small bowel series radiologic examinations showed flat tape-like filling defects on the ileum. By colonoscopy, a moving flat tapeworm was observed from the terminal ileum to the ascending colon. The tapeworm was identified asT. asiaticaby mitochondrial DNA sequencing. The patient was prescribed with a single oral dose (16 mg/kg) of praziquantel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju 63241, Korea.
authors.forename: Heung Up
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju 63241, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Bae
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003106:Colon / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Jeju; Taenia asiatica; colonoscopy; tapeworm