Anisakiasis en un paciente portadora de una pequeña hernia hiatal: Caso clínico

• Rubén Mercado P ^[1] ; Patricio Torres H ^[2] ; Luis Carlos Gil L ^[1] ; Luis Goldin G ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad Austral de Chile

     Universidad Austral de Chile

     Valdivia, Chile

     
  3. [3] Clínica Dávila Gastroenterología

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• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 134, Nº. 12, 2006, págs. 1562-1564
• Idioma: español
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  • Anisakiasis in a patient with a small hiatal hernia: Report of one case
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  • We describe the presence of anisakiasis in a patient who had a small hiatal hernia. A 60 year-old women presented general malaise, burning pain, flatulence, persistent nausea and abdominal distension during five days before consulting. She referred that she ate a dish of marinated raw fish with lemon and pepper ("cebiche") and after a few hours the symptoms began. An esophagogastroscopy showed a white colour larva of approximately three cm with the cephalic end partially adhered and localized in the mucosa of the hiatal hernia. During the procedure the worm was easily extracted. The morphologic study of the specimen identified it as a stage IV larva of Pseudoterranova sp. The clinical condition of the patient improved after the extraction of the parasite