Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  1998 Oct;18(5):727-731.

A Case of Gastric Anisakiasis Causing Mallory - Weiss Syndrome

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Goo Sung Sim General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Anisakiasis is an infection in humans caused by larval nematodes of the family Anisakidae and is encountered in people who eat inadequately prepared raw, salt-water fish or "sashimi". This clinical syndrome is characterized by severe cramping abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Because Koreans like to eat raw fish, anisakiasis of the stomach has been reported occasionally, but the incidences of upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by anisakiasis has been very rare. The present case is a 30 year-old male Admitted with an episode of hematemesis. A gastrofibroscopy revealed a mucosal laceration and the larva of Anisakis on the esophagogastric junction. We report one case of Mallory-Weiss Syndrome due to gastric Anisakis larva, confirmed by an endoscopy.

Keyword

Gastric anisakiasis; Mallory - weiss syndrome

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Adult
Anisakiasis*
Anisakis
Endoscopy
Esophagogastric Junction
Hematemesis
Hemorrhage
Humans
Incidence
Lacerations
Larva
Male
Mallory-Weiss Syndrome
Muscle Cramp
Nausea
Stomach
Vomiting
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