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A Case of Taenia asiatica Infection Diagnosed by Colonoscopy

  • Kim, Heung Up (Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Young-Bae (Department of Parasitology, Jeju National University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2016.12.05
  • Accepted : 2016.12.27
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

A case of Taenia asiatica infection detected by small bowel series and colonoscopy is described. The patient was a 42-year-old Korean man accompanied by discharge of movable proglottids via anus. He used to eat raw pig liver but seldom ate beef. Small bowel series radiologic examinations showed flat tape-like filling defects on the ileum. By colonoscopy, a moving flat tapeworm was observed from the terminal ileum to the ascending colon. The tapeworm was identified as T. asiatica by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. The patient was prescribed with a single oral dose (16 mg/kg) of praziquantel.

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