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1: Dig Liver Dis. 2005 Jan;37(1):65-7.Click here to read Links
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Dig Liver Dis. 2005 Jan;37(1):7-9.

Acute abdomen due to small bowel anisakiasis.

Pellegrini M, Occhini R, Tordini G, Vindigni C, Russo S, Marzocca G.

Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrino-Metabolic Sciences and Biochemistry, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy. gastro.unisi@email.it

The popularity in Western countries of dishes based on raw fish has led to an increased incidence of anisakiasis, a human parasitic disease caused by the ingestion of live anisakid larvae. The entire digestive tract may be involved, but the stomach and the small intestine are the most frequently affected sites. We report a case of acute abdomen due to Anisakis simplex infection that caused small bowel obstruction.

PMID: 15702863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]