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1: Korean J Parasitol. 1994 Sep;32(3):201-4.Click here to read Links

A case of echinostomiasis with ulcerative lesions in the duodenum.

Chai JY, Hong ST, Lee SH, Lee GC, Min YI.

Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.

Echinostomiasis is an endemic intestinal trematodiasis of humans in Korea. We observed a human case of Echinostoma hortense infection who had ulcerations on the duodenal mucosa. A 55-year old man living in Hamyang-gun, Kyongnam, complained of epigastric pain with hematemesis in April 1994. Endoscopy revealed lesions of early gastric cancer and duodenal ulcerations. A penetrating parasite into the duodenal mucosa was picked out, and identified as E. hortense. As the patient was treated with praziquantel 10 mg/kg single dose, 3 more E. hortense and 7 Metagonimus worms were recovered. This case demonstrates that echinostomiasis causes gross ulcerations in the duodenum.

PMID: 7953246 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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