A case of colonic lymphoid tissue invasion by Gymnophalloides seoi in a Korean man

Korean J Parasitol. 2006 Mar;44(1):87-9. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2006.44.1.87.

Abstract

A 65-year old Korean man, living in Mokpo-city, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, visited a local clinic complaining of right upper quadrant pain and indigestion. At colonoscopy, he was diagnosed as having a carcinoma of the ascending colon, and thus, a palliative right hemicolectomy was performed. Subsequently, an adult fluke of Gymnophalloides seoi was incidentally found in a surgical pathology specimen of the lymph node around the colon. The worm was found to have invaded gut lymphoid tissue, with characteristic morphologies of a large oral sucker, a small ventral sucker, and a ventral pit surrounded by strong muscle fibers. This is the first reported case of mucosal tissue invasion by G. seoi in the human intestinal tract.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Colon / parasitology*
  • Colon / pathology
  • Colon / surgery
  • Colonic Diseases / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology*
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / pathology
  • Korea
  • Lymphoid Tissue / parasitology*
  • Male
  • Trematoda / isolation & purification*
  • Trematoda / ultrastructure
  • Trematode Infections / diagnosis
  • Trematode Infections / parasitology
  • Trematode Infections / pathology*