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Case Reports
Diplogonoporiasis Following the Consumption of Raw Juvenile Japanese Anchovy: A Case Report.
- Junichi Kaneko, Takanori Yamada, Hirotomo Kato, Yuya Ida, Kenta Yamada, Megumu Koda, Kyoichi Fukita, Yu Takeshita, Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Takinami, Atsushi Tsuji, Masafumi Nishino, Yurimi Takahashi, and Yuzo Sasada.
- Division of Gastroenterology, Iwata City Hospital, Japan.
- Intern. Med. 2022 Sep 15; 61 (18): 2813-2815.
AbstractHuman diplogonoporiasis caused by the tapeworm Diplogonoporus balaenopterae has been rarely reported in Japan in the last decade. A 38-year-old man complained of a fever, diarrhea, intermittent abdominal pain, and worm excretion. He had a history of consuming raw juvenile Japanese anchovy one month earlier. On admission, the patient had acute enteritis and received intravenous fluids. During hospitalization, he excreted a white worm in his stool. On a macroscopic examination, the worm was found to be a tapeworm with scolexes. His health improved spontaneously without taking anthelmintic agents. Based on the genetic analysis, the tapeworm was identified as Diplogonoporus balaenopterae.
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