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Submucosal infiltrate of Anisakis larvae. A rare cause of intestinal obstruction

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9582/2023

Manuel García-Redondo, María Jesús Gil-Belmonte, José Ruiz-Pardo, Orlando Fuentes-Porcel,

Abstract
Patient aged 71 with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. He came to the emergency department for abdominal pain and vomiting. Laboratory tests showed an increase in acute phase reactants. Abdominal CT scan showed dilated jejunal loops, compatible with intestinal occlusion. Urgent intervention was performed, resecting the affected segment. The pathology report showed a prominent transmural inflammatory infiltrate and interstitial oedema, with moderate villous atrophy, identifying parasitic structures compatible with anisakis larvae (family Anisakidae). Given the mechanism of tissue invasion, the larvae are surrounded by a predominantly eosinophilic inflammatory infiltrate, organised as granulomas or abscesses.
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García-Redondo M, Gil-Belmonte M, Ruiz-Pardo J, Fuentes-Porcel O. Submucosal infiltrate of Anisakis larvae. A rare cause of intestinal obstruction. 9582/2023


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Publication history

Received: 07/03/2023

Accepted: 27/04/2023

Online First: 12/05/2023

Published: 11/11/2024

Article Online First time: 66 days

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