ECHINOSTOMA HORTENSE ASADA INFECTION IN THE DUODENUM: INCIDENTAL FINDINGS DURING ROUTINE GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Autor: Hideki Koga, Motonori Sato, Tetsuya Okino, Akiko Shiotani, Manabu Ishii, Hiroaki Kusunoki, Toshiaki Tanaka, Tomoari Kamada, Aki Tanaka, Jiro Hata, Ken Haruma, Noriaki Manabe, Ken-ichi Tarumi
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Digestive Endoscopy. 20:87-89
ISSN: 1443-1661
0915-5635
Popis: We report herein a case of Echinostoma hortense Asada infection, which is known to derive from eating fresh frogs or loaches, which was discovered during routine gastrointestinal endoscopy. To our knowledge, this is the first report in Japan of E. hortense Asada infection observed by means of magnifying endoscopy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE