• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.97-100
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• 2003

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 gasteroendoscopic examination. Another one thread-like moving larva was found in the great curvature of upper body on the following day. On the basis of their morphology, the worms were identified as the 3rd stage larvae of Anisakis simplex. This case is acute gastric anisakiasis provoking severe clinical problems by the multiple infection and the greatest number of anisakid larvae found in a patient in Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2006

Anisakiasis is a parasitic disease caused by ingestion of raw fish infected with anisakid larvae. Endoscopic changing patterns of submucosal lesions in chronic gastric anisakiasis have not been known yet. Here we report 4 cases of suspected gastric anisakiasis which were improved during follow-up periods without surgical treatment. The patients presented with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting after consuming raw marine fish, and visited our gastroenterology outpatient department. Their endoscopic findings showed firm and yellowish submucosal masses accompanied with eccentric erosions. Histologic findings showed severe eosinophilic infiltrations. In blood tests, peripheral eosinophil counts and total IgE levels were elevated. We believed that all cases were caused by larval anisakid infections. The submucosal mass lesions disappeared during the follow-up periods of 2 to 4 mo.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.465-470
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• 2015

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 hematemesis were seen in 1 case each. Symptom manifestations began at 10-12 hr after eating fish in 73.3% cases. Endoscopy was performed 1-2 days after the symptom onset in most cases. The common conger, Conger myriaster, was the probable infection source in 7 cases. In the review of Korean anisakiasis cases, thus far, total 645 cases have been reported in 64 articles. Anisakis type I larva was the most frequently detected (81.3%). The favorable infection site of larvae was the stomach (82.4%). The common conger was the most probable source of human infections (38.6%). Among the total 404 cases which revealed the age and sex of patients, 185 (45.8%) were males, and the remaining 219 (54.2%) were female patients. The age prevalence was the highest in forties (34.7%). The seasonal prevalence was highest in winter (38.8%). By the present study, 15 cases of gastric anisakiasis are added as Korean cases, and some epidemiological characteristics of Korean anisakiasis were clarified.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.74-77
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• 2004

저자들은 내원 2개월 전 붕장어 회를 먹은 후 하루에 수차례 나타나는 반복성 복통을 주소로 내원한 10년 1개월 된 여아에서 상부위장관 내시경으로 진단된 위아니사키스증 1례를 경험하여 보고하는 바이다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.179-186
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• 1995

고래흰충유충증은 바다 포유동물에 기생하는 고래회충과(과)의 유충이 인체의 소화관 특히 위(위)와 소장에 침입하여 발생되는 질병으로 범세계적으로 보고되고 있다. 급성복통을 호소하는 환자를 대상으로 바닷고기 생식여부를 조사하고 위내시경을 관찰하여 위점막내로 뚫고 들어가는 고래회충과 유충을 적출하여 동정함으로써 진단하였다. 1989년 6월부터 3년간 남자 60명 여자 47명의 고래회충유충증 환자를 찾아내었다. 주요 증상은 상복부통, 급성복통. 구토 등이었고. 바닷 고기를 생식하고 4시간 내지 1일 이내에 증상이 생겼고. 대부분 1-3일 후 유충을 제거하였다. 위 내시경 관찰을 하였더니 유충들은 위의 몸체에서 제일 많이 발견되었고 유충이 침입한 위점막으로 부터 출혈. 부종. 미란 등이 관찰되었다. 적출된 유충 90마리 중 82마리가 고래회충(Anisakis simplex)의 유충이었다. 문진을 통해 확인된 환자가 생식한 어종으로는 조기. 바닷장어. 히라스, 오징어가 많았다. 농수산물센타에서 임의로 구입한 5가지 바닷고기에서 고래회충과 유충을 조사하였더니 고등어와 우럭에서 검출되었고. 내장 및 복부 근육에서 고래회충(Anisokissi simplex)과 물개 회충(Pseudotewqnova deipiens)의 유충 등이 검출되었다.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.261-263
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• 2017

Anisakis is a parasite with life cycles involving fish and marine mammals. Human infection, anisakiasis, occurs with the ingestion of raw infected seafood and usually presents with acute or chronic gastrointestinal symptoms from esophageal or gastric invasion. We report a rare caseinvolving the oral cavity. A 39-year-old male presented with oral and sub-sternal pain of one day duration after eating raw cuttlefish. Physical examination revealed areas of erythema and edema with a central white foreign particle on the labial and buccal mucosa. With microscopic field we could remove the foreign material from the lesions. The foreign material was confirmed to be Anisakis. Anisakis was also removed from the esophagus by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. The patient was discharged the following day without complication. Anisakiasis is frequently reported in Korea and Japan, countries where raw seafood ingestion is popular. The symptoms of acute anisakiasis include pain, nausea, and vomiting and usually begin 2-12 hours after ingestion. The differential diagnosis includes food poisoning, acute gastritis, and acute pancreatitis. A history of raw seafood ingestion is important to the diagnosis of anisakiasis. Treatment is complete removal of the Anisakis to relieve acute symptoms and prevent chronic granulomatous inflammation.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 1987

7 cases of Acute Gastric Anisakiasis have been reviewed at the Department of Internal Medicine. Yeungnam University Hospital from March, 1983 to December 1986. 1. Of 7 cases, the ratio of male and female was 3:4 and the age 30s occupied most (5 cases) the 50s' followed (2 cases). 2. Chief complains were in order of epigastric pain (6 cases), vomiting (3 cases), Nause (2 cases), Ulticaria (1 case) & epigastric fulling sensation (1 case). 3. In all 7 cases, the causative fish is Astroconcer myriaster. 4. The onset of symptoms was observed within 5 to 7 hours after eating the causative raw fish. 5. Gastrofiberscopic exam was undergo within 18 hours since onset of symptoms. 6. The gastrofiberscopic findings were gastric mucosal edema and redness in all 7 cases. One case also had mucosal erosion. The involved sites of the stomach were in frequency of order, the body (5 cases), the antrum (2 cases). 7. The symptoms of the patients relieved spontaneously without medical treatment after the extraction of the larva with biopsy forcep during gastrofiberscopy. 8. In Korea, many people take raw fish and there may be many patients of Anisakiasis so if much concern and careful observation are paid to whom, with severe cramping epigastric pain after taking of raw marine fish in about 10 hours, we could find out and confirm more patients suffering from Anisakiasis by immediate endoscopic gastrofiberscopy.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.53-56
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• 1994

1991년 4월 23일에 심한 상복부통을 주소로 부산 백병원 내과를 찾아온 42세 가정주부에 대한 내시경 검사에서 위벽을 뚫고 있는 아니사키스 유충 1마리를 검출하였다. 환자는 내원 약 15시간 전에 우럭 회를 먹은 경험이 있었으며 회를 먹고 약 6시간 후부터 심한 상복부통이 나타났다고 하였다. 각종 검사상 특이 소견은 없었고 위 내시경 검사에서 위체 대만부 중간부위의 점막을 뚫고 있는 아니사키스 유충 1마리를 발견하여 제거하였다. 제거한 충페는 $29.73{\;}{\times}{\;}0.94{\;}mm$ 크기이었고 ventriculus 전방 115 이상 부위까지 올라오는 맹장을 가지고 있었으며 ventricular appendage는 관찰되지 않았다. 충체의 전단에서 윤곽이 뚜렷한 3개의 구순은 관찰되었으나 boring tooth는 존재하지 않았고 후단에서 mucron도 관찰되지 않았다. 이상의 형태학적 특징 및 계측치를 토대로 하여 Pseudntewonon decipien (= Terranova type A) 제4기 유충인 것으로 동정하였다. 이 기생충의 국명을 물개회충으로 제안한다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 1981

In the survey on the pig-stomach worms of the abattoir pigs in Gyeongbug province, some unusual nematodes were found by gross and microscopic inspection to the pig-stomach. The results obtained in the survey and identification were summarized as follows. 1. A natural infection of Anisakis type larvae in the pig gastric wall was newly confirmed in korea and in all cases, the larvae were identified as Anisakis type 1 (Berland, 1961). 2. A chronic granulomatous lesion with small lymphocytes, neutrophils and eosinophils was appeared in the gastric wall penetrated by the larvae. 3. Of total 318 pigs, 9 pigs were infected with the larvae and in each stomach, only one or two worms were detected from the abattoir pigs. 4. Ascarops strongylina was found as one percent.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.7-10
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• 1981

During the studies on the esophagogastric ulcers in swine, Anisakis type larvae were found associated with stomach lesions. 1. Of the 1,531 pigs examined, 11(0.7%) were infested with the parasite in the stomach. 2. The parasite was identified as Anisakis type I larvae, according to the morphological characteristics. 3. On gross examination, the parasites were seen penetrating gastric mucosa, resulting in hemorrhagic ulcers. 4. Main histopathological features were edema, massive eosinophilic infiltrations around the parasite, necrosis and perivascular eosinophilic accumulations in the submucosa.