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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2009.47.4.401

A Human Case of Clinostomum complanatum Infection in Korea  

Park, Chan-Woong (Department of Internal Medicine, 21 Century Hana Medical Clinic)
Kim, Jong-Soon (Department of Pathology, Jung-Ang General Hospital)
Joo, Hyun-Soo (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seonam University)
Kim, Jin (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seonam University)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.47, no.4, 2009 , pp. 401-404 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 33-year-old Korean man visited a medical clinic with complaints of throat discomfort and pain for one week. The symptoms occurred one day after eating raw brackish water fish, perch. Endoscopy revealed a fluke, about 5 mm in length, attaching to and peristaltically moving on the surface of the mucosa at the arytenoid region of the larynx. Microscopically, the testes were triangular, tandem, and separated by the uterus. The ovary and cirrus pouch were placed apart from median line between testes. Numerous blood cells were observed in the ceca. The worm was identified to be Clinostomum complanatum. This is the second human case of clinostomiasis in Korea.
Keywords
Clinostomum camplanatum; brackish water fish; human case; Korea;
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