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Case Report

Clinical and Endoscopic Features of Colonic Anisakiasis in Korea
Sae Kyung Joo, Ji Won Kim, Byeong Gwan Kim, Won Kim, Jae Kyung Lee, Kook Lae Lee
Korean J Parasitol 2019;57(4):411-416.
Published online August 31, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2019.57.4.411
To analyze the clinical and endoscopic features of colonic anisakiasis. A retrospective chart review of 20 patients with colonic anisakiasis, who were diagnosed by colonoscopy at 8 hospitals between January 2002 and December 2011, was performed. Patients’ mean age was 53.6±10.74 years. Seventy percent patients were men. Acute abdominal pain was a common symptom that mostly developed within 48 hr after the ingestion of raw fish, and which lasted for 1-28 days. Sixty percent patients had ingested raw fish before the diagnosis of colonic anisakiasis and 40% patients were incidentally found to have colonic anisakiasis during the screening colonoscopies. Leukocytosis and eosinophilia were each found in 20% of the patients. In all patients who underwent colonoscopy, the worms were removed with biopsy forceps, except in 1 case, and a definite diagnosis of anisakiasis was made. In some cases of colonic anisakiasis, colonoscopy may be helpful in the diagnosis and treatment to avoid surgical intervention.

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    Zhao Hui Chen Zhou, Gerardo Ayala Calvo, Elena Martínez Chamorro, Laín Ibáñez Sanz, Raquel Sanz de Lucas, Susana Borruel Nacenta
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  • Anisakiosis colónica, un caso infrecuente caracterizado molecularmente mediante PCR-RFLP
    Belén González-Bertolín, Nerea Hernanz-Ruiz, Ramón Pérez-Tanoira, María Jesús Perteguer-Prieto
    Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica.2021; 39(6): 308.     CrossRef
  • Colonic anisakiasis, an infrequent case molecularly characterized by PCR-RFLP
    Belén González-Bertolín, Nerea Hernanz-Ruiz, Ramón Pérez-Tanoira, María Jesús Perteguer-Prieto
    Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.).2021; 39(6): 308.     CrossRef
  • Endoscopic submucosal dissection of colonic anisakiasis
    Diego Martínez-Acitores, Amaia Arrubla Gamboa, Eduardo Albéniz Arbizu, Alba Larrea Ramírez
    Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas.2020;[Epub]     CrossRef
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Brief Communication

Infections of Soil-Transmitted Helminth in Refugees from North Korea
Young-Il Lee, Min Seo, Suk-Bae Kim
Korean J Parasitol 2018;56(3):291-294.
Published online June 30, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2018.56.3.291
Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are now no longer public health problems in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), but their status are unavailable in the residents of North Korea (NK) despite the expectation of large scale traffic and future reunification of the Korean Peninsula. A total of 20 female refugees from NK who had been admitted to the Division of Gastroenterology, Dankook University Hospital, were subjected in this study. Among them, 15 refugees were examined by the colonoscopy and 10 ones were examined with the stool examination (formalin-ether sedimentation). Both diagnostic methods were commonly adopted in 5 patients. Eggs of Trichuris trichiura were detected in 7 out of 10 refugees in the stool examination. In the colonoscopy, T. trichiura worms were found in 6 (40.0%) out of 15 refugees. Total 9 (45.0%) peoples were confirmed to be infected with human whipworms. Additionally, 1 case of clonorchiasis was diagnosed in the stool examination and a worm of Ascaris lumbricoides was discovered from a trichuriasis case. These findings suggested that STH is highly prevalent in NO, in which living conditions are not so good in the aspect of general hygiene and medical care.

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    Sejin Choi, Taehoon Kim, Soyoung Choi, Hee Young Shin
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2020; 17(24): 9346.     CrossRef
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    Eunsuk Chang
    Pathogens and Global Health.2019; 113(6): 256.     CrossRef
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Case Reports

A Case of Taenia asiatica Infection Diagnosed by Colonoscopy
Heung Up Kim, Young-Bae Chung
Korean J Parasitol 2017;55(1):65-69.
Published online February 28, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.1.65
A case of Taenia asiatica infection 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 as T. asiatica by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. The patient was prescribed with a single oral dose (16 mg/kg) of praziquantel.

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    Dong Hoon Shin, Jong-Yil Chai, Jong Ha Hong, Min Seo
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2017; 55(4): 457.     CrossRef
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A Case of Echinostoma cinetorchis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) Infection Diagnosed by Colonoscopy
Woon Tae Jung, Kyeong Ju Lee, Hong Jun Kim, Tae Hyo Kim, Byoung-Kuk Na, Woon-Mok Sohn
Korean J Parasitol 2014;52(3):287-290.
Published online June 26, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.3.287

Human cases of echinostomiasis have been sporadically diagnosed by extracting worms in the endoscopy in Korea and Japan. Most of these were caused by Echinostoma hortense infection. However, in the present study, we detected 2 live worms of Echinostoma cinetorchis in the ascending colon of a Korean man (68-year old) admitted to the Gyeongsang National University Hospital with complaint of intermittent right lower quadrant abdominal pain for 5 days. Under colonoscopy, 1 worm was found attached on the edematous and hyperemic mucosal surface of the proximal ascending colon and the other was detected on the mid-ascending colon. Both worms were removed from the mucosal surface with a grasping forceps, and morphologically identified as E. cinetorchis by the characteristic head crown with total 37 collar spines including 5 end-group ones on both sides, disappearance of testes, and eggs of 108×60 ?m with abopercular wrinkles. The infection source of this case seems to be the raw frogs eaten 2 months ago. This is the first case of endoscopy-diagnosed E. cinetorchis infection in Korea.

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Heavy Hymenolepis nana Infection Possibly Through Organic Foods: Report of a Case
Bong Jin Kim, Kyung Seob Song, Hyun-Hee Kong, Hee-Jae Cha, Meesun Ock
Korean J Parasitol 2014;52(1):85-87.
Published online February 19, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.1.85

We encountered a patient with heavy Hymenolepis nana infection. The patient was a 44-year-old Korean man who had suffered from chronic hepatitis (type B) for 15 years. A large number of H. nana adult worms were found during colonoscopy that was performed as a part of routine health screening. The parasites were scattered throughout the colon, as well as in the terminal ileum, although the patient was immunocompetent. Based on this study, colonoscopy may be helpful for diagnosis of asymptomatic H. nana infections.

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Trichuris trichiura Infection Diagnosed by Colonoscopy: Case Reports and Review of Literature
Kyung-Sun Ok, You-Sun Kim, Jung-Hoon Song, Jin-Ho Lee, Soo-Hyung Ryu, Jung-Hwan Lee, Jeong-Seop Moon, Dong-Hee Whang, Hye-Kyung Lee
Korean J Parasitol 2009;47(3):275-280.
Published online August 28, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2009.47.3.275

Trichuris trichiura, commonly referred to as a whipworm, has a worldwide distribution, particularly among countries with warm, humid climates. In Korea, trichuriasis was a highly prevalent soil-transmitted helminthiasis until the 1970s. However, the nationwide prevalence decreased to 0.02% in 2004 as a result of national control activities and improvement in the socioeconomic status of Koreans. Most infected individuals have no distinct symptoms, if lightly infected. The diagnosis is typically confirmed by detection of T. trichiura eggs on examination of a stool sample; few reports have described detection of the parasite during colonoscopy. Recently, we managed 4 patients with trichuriasis who were diagnosed by detection of the parasite on colonoscopy, and we reviewed the literature on the colonoscopic diagnosis of T. trichiura in Korea. We suggest that colonoscopy might be a useful diagnostic tool, especially when infected by only a few male worms with no eggs in the stool.

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