Direct parasitologial diagnosis of infection with Hysterothylacium aduncum in a patient with epigastralgia

González-Amores, Y.; Clavijo-Frutos, E.ón.; Salas-Casanova, C.; Alcain-Martínez, G.

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva 107(11): 699-700

2015


ISSN/ISBN: 1130-0108
PMID: 26561913
Document Number: 683954
Anisakis parasitization has been on the rise because some factors, like increased interest in dishes consisting of raw fish. We report a case of epigastralgia with direct diagnosis by endoscopy, which futher study pointed out H. Aduncum as causal agent, a anisakis which is rarely involved in human anisakiasis.

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