A case of extragastrointestinal anisakiasis involving a mesocolic lymph node

Korean J Parasitol. 1997 Mar;35(1):63-6. doi: 10.3347/kjp.1997.35.1.63.

Abstract

In a 43-year-old Korean man who underwent radical gastrectomy due to a malignant stromal tumor, was found to have an enlarged lymph node at transverse mesocolon. The lymph node exhibited histologically necrotizing eosinophilic granuloma formed around a track containing sections of a nematode larva. The well preserved nematode sections revealed polymyarian muscle cells, Y-shaped lateral cord, a large excretory gland cell, intestine and eosinophilic cuticle. The nematode sections were identified as a larva of Anisakis species. In Korea, this is the first case of extragastrointestinal anisakiasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anisakiasis / parasitology*
  • Anisakis / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Larva
  • Lymph Nodes / parasitology*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / parasitology*
  • Male
  • Mesocolon