Lee Geum Soo, Park Sang Wook, Kim Jin, Seo Kang Seok, You Kyoung Wan, Chung Jae Hun, Moon Hyeong Chul, Hong Gun Young
Dr. Seo's Internal Medicine Clinic, Gwangju, Korea.
Department of Internal Medicine, Kwangju Christian Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Korean J Gastroenterol. 2017 Mar 25;69(3):177-180. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2017.69.3.177.
A 46-year-old woman visited our hospital presenting throat pain and globus sensation. The symptoms occurred seven days after eating raw perch and mullet. An endoscopy under sedation showed a fluke-with an approximate length of 4.8 mm and width of 1.5 mm-on the left aryepiglottic fold, with active motility on the mucosa. It was extracted from the larynx using biopsy forceps and was identified as . To the best of our knowledge, this is the second reported case of human infection with diagnosed and treated by an endoscopy in Korea. Endoscopy is a useful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of patients at risk for parasitic infections complaining of throat pain.
一名46岁女性因咽痛和咽部异物感前来我院就诊。这些症状在食用生鲈鱼和鲻鱼7天后出现。镇静状态下的内镜检查显示，在左侧杓会厌襞有一条吸虫，长约4.8毫米，宽1.5毫米，在黏膜上活动活跃。用活检钳从喉部取出该吸虫，并鉴定为……据我们所知，这是韩国第二例经内镜诊断和治疗的人类感染……的报告病例。对于抱怨咽痛的寄生虫感染风险患者，内镜检查是诊断和治疗的有用工具。
