Anectodal report of acute gastric anisakiasis and severe chest discomfort

A case of acute gastric anisakiasis provoking severe clinical problems by multiple infection.

Acute gastric anisakiasis with multiple anisakid larvae infection is reported. A 68-year-old woman residing in Busan, Korea, had epigastric pain with severe vomiting about 5 hours after eating raw anchovies. Four nematode larvae penetrating the gastric mucosae in the great curvature of the middle body and fundus were found and removed during gastro-endoscopic examination. Another one thread-lik...

Should the host reaction to anisakiasis influence the treatment? Different clinical presentations in two cases.

Gastrointestinal anisakiasis is a parasitic infection occurring in people that consume raw or inadequately cooked fish or squid. It is frequently characterized by severe epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting caused by the penetration of the larvae into the gastric wall. Acute gastric anisakiasis with severe chest discomfort is rarely reported in Italy. On the other hand, gastro-allergic anisakia...

Chest discomfort and abnormal chest radiograph.

Gastric Anisakiasis with a Gastric Ulcer

An 82-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to epigastric pain and anemia. Emergent esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a regularly shaped ulcer on the lesser curvature of the gastric body (Picture 1). Anisakis larvae were found in the center of the ulcer and were removed with a forceps (Picture 2). The patient had eaten raw squid two days prior to his hospital visit. There are a few re...

Anisakiasis: Report of 15 Gastric Cases Caused by Anisakis Type I Larvae and a Brief Review of Korean Anisakiasis Cases

The present study was performed to report 15 anisakiasis cases in Korea and to review the Korean cases reported in the literature. Total 32 Anisakis type I larvae were detected in the stomach of 15 patients by the endoscopy. Single worm was detected from 12 cases, and even 9 larvae were found from 2 cases. Epigastric pain was most commonly manifested in almost all cases, and hemoptysis and hema...