Park Chan-Woong, Kim Jong-Soon, Joo Hyun-Soo, Kim Jin
Department of Internal Medicine, 21 Century Hana Medical Clinic, Mokpo 530-822, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol. 2009 Dec;47(4):401-4. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.4.401. Epub 2009 Dec 2.
A 33-year-old Korean man visited a medical clinic with complaints of throat discomfort and pain for one week. The symptoms occurred one day after eating raw brackish water fish, perch. Endoscopy revealed a fluke, about 5 mm in length, attaching to and peristaltically moving on the surface of the mucosa at the arytenoid region of the larynx. Microscopically, the testes were triangular, tandem, and separated by the uterus. The ovary and cirrus pouch were placed apart from median line between testes. Numerous blood cells were observed in the ceca. The worm was identified to be Clinostomum complanatum. This is the second human case of clinostomiasis in Korea.
一名33岁的韩国男子因喉咙不适和疼痛一周前往一家诊所就诊。这些症状在食用生的咸水鱼(鲈鱼)一天后出现。内窥镜检查发现一条长约5毫米的吸虫附着在喉杓状软骨区域的粘膜表面并蠕动。显微镜下,睾丸呈三角形,前后排列,被子宫隔开。卵巢和阴茎囊位于睾丸之间中线的两侧。在盲肠中观察到大量血细胞。该蠕虫被鉴定为扁头弯口吸虫。这是韩国第二例人体斜口吸虫病病例。