ANISAKIASIS, A RARE LOCATION SIMULATING A TUMOR OF THE COLON - A CASE-REPORT

Citation
R. Juglard et al., ANISAKIASIS, A RARE LOCATION SIMULATING A TUMOR OF THE COLON - A CASE-REPORT, Journal de radiologie, 79(9), 1998, pp. 883-885
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
ISSN journal
02210363
Volume
79
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
883 - 885
Database
ISI
SICI code
0221-0363(1998)79:9<883:AARLSA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
History taking should search for intake of raw or uncooked fish in pat ients with acute abdominal symptoms. The colon is an uncommon localiza tion of anisakiasis. We describe the case of a 31-year-old man with ac ute abdominal pain whose abdominal CT scan showed a pseudotumoral form ation of the colon. History taking and endoscopic ablation gave the di agnosis of anisakiasis. Whole worm extraction led to restituo ad integ rum or the colonic wall.