Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

"pseudoterranoviasis"

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A human case of gastric infection by Pseudoterranova decipiens larva: Jae-Ran Yu, Min Seo, Young-Wook Kim, Mee-Hee Oh, Woon-Mok Sohn; Korean J Parasitol 2001;39(2):193-196.
Published online June 30, 2001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2001.39.2.193

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We report a case of gastric pseudoterranoviasis proven by gastrofiberscopy on Dec. 13, 1994. The 34-year-old male patient, residing in Chungju-shi, was admitted to Konkuk University Hospital complaining of prickling epigastric pain. The symptoms suddenly attacked him two days after eating raw marine fish at Chonan-shi. By the gastrofiberscopic examination, a long white-yellowish nematode was found from the fundus region of stomach. The worm was 34.50 × 0.84 mm in size, and was identified as a 3rd stage larva of Pseudoterranova decipiens judging from the position of the intestinal cecum. This is the 12th confirmed case of human pseudoterranoviasis in Korea.

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Case Report

A case of gastric pseudoterranoviasis in a 43-year-old man in Korea: Moon-Soo Koh, Sun Huh, Woon-Mok Sohn; Korean J Parasitol 1999;37(1):47-49.
Published online March 31, 1999; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1999.37.1.47

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A case of Pseudoterranova decipiens infection was found in a 43-year-old man by gastroendoscopic examination on August 20, 1996. On August 6, 1996, he visited a local clinic, complaining of epigastric pain two days after eating raw marine fishes. Although the symptoms were relieved soon, endoscopic examination was done for differential diagnosis. A white, live nematode larva was removed from the fundus of the stomach. The larva was 38. 3×1.0 mm in size and had a cecum reaching to the mid-level of the ventriculus. A lot of transverse striations were regularly arranged on the cuticle of its body surface, but the boring tooth and mucron were not observed at both ends of the worm. The worm was identified as the 4th stage larva of P. decipiens.

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