Korean J Parasitol.
2013 Feb;51(1):115-117. 10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.115.
A Case of Anisakidosis Caused by Pseudoterranova decipiens Larva
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan 330-715, Korea.
- 2Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook University and Research Center for Mummy, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
- 3Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
- 4Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea. davidsmj@hanmail.net
- KMID: 1501818
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.115
Abstract
- Pseudoterranova decipiens larva is a rare cause of anisakiasis. Indeed, prior to the present study, there had been only 12 reports of larval P. decipiens infection in the Republic of Korea. In June 2011, an anisakid larva, 32.1 mm in length and 0.88 mm in width, and finally identified as the third stage larva of P. decipiens owing to the presence of an intestinal cecum but lacking ventricular appendage, was discovered in a 61-year-old woman during the course of endoscopy executed as a part of routine physical examinations. The patient had eaten raw a rockfish 13 hr prior to the endoscopy, but showed no symptoms of anisakiasis. This paper is the 13th report of P. decipiens infection in Korea.
