Colonic anisakiasis: an exceptional presentation
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 2020;
6
: e615
DOI: 10.32113/idtm_20206_615
Topic: Parasitic diseases
Category: Case report
Abstract
Anisakiasis is a worldwide parasitic disease with 90% of reported cases in Japan. Here we present the case of a Spanish 55 years-old male patient with acute abdominal pain in the right hypochondrium. The final diagnosis was infectious right colitis caused by Anisakis.
To cite this article
Colonic anisakiasis: an exceptional presentation
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 2020;
6
: e615
DOI: 10.32113/idtm_20206_615
Publication History
Submission date: 09 Feb 2020
Revised on: 03 Mar 2020
Accepted on: 24 Apr 2020
Published online: 08 Jun 2020
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