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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.259

Gnathostoma hispidum Infection in a Korean Man Returning from China  

Kim, Han-Seong (Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital)
Lee, Jin-Joo (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center)
Joo, Mee (Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital)
Chang, Sun-Hee (Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital)
Chi, Je-G. (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Chai, Jong-Yil (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.48, no.3, 2010 , pp. 259-261 More about this Journal
Abstract
Human Gnathostoma hispidum infection is extremely rare in the world literature and has never been reported in the Republic of Korea. A 74-year-old Korean man who returned from China complained of an erythematous papule on his back and admitted to our hospital. Surgical extraction of the lesion and histopathological examination revealed sections of a nematode larva in the deep dermis. The sectioned larva had 1 nucleus in each intestinal cell and was identified as G. hispidum. The patient recalled having eaten freshwater fish when he lived in China. We designated our patient as an imported G. hispidum case from China.
Keywords
Gnathostoma hispidum; gnathostome; case report; deep dermis;
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