Table 1.
Case no. | Age | Sex | Date of occurrence | Fish eaten | Chief complaints | Time from eating fish to symptom onset | Time from symptom onset to endoscopy | Detection site of worm in stomach |
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1. | 33 | M | Oct., ’99 | Common conger | Severe epigastric pain | 12 hr | 2 days | Middle body G.Ca |
2. | 47 | M | Feb., ’00 | Several kinds of marine fishes | Epigastric pain, nausea & vomiting | 12 hr | 3 days | Upper body Anterior wall |
3. | 37 | M | Jun., ’00 | Common conger | Hemoptysis | 10 hr | 1 day | Lower body G.Ca |
4. | 27 | M | Jun., ’00 | Several kinds of marine fishes | Epigastric pain | 12 hr | 36 hr | Upper body G.Ca |
5. | 41 | M | Aug., ’00 | Several kinds of marine fishes | Epigastric pain & nausea | 24 hr | 3 days | Upper body G.Ca |
6. | 28 | M | Oct., ’00 | Common conger | Epigastric pain | 6 hr | 12 hr | Middle body G.Ca |
7. | 55 | M | Jun., ’01 | Several kinds of marine fishes | Severe epigastric pain | 12 hr | 2 days | Lower body G.Ca |
8. | 59 | M | Jan., ’02 | Common conger | Epigastric pain | 12 hr | 12 hr | Middle body G.Ca |
9. | 45 | F | Sep., ’02 | Common conger & Pacific cutlass fish | Epigastric pain & hematemesis | 6 hr | 3 days | Uncertainb |
10. | 36 | F | Oct., ’02 | Several kinds of marine fishes | Severe epigastric pain | 12 hr | 2 days | Lower body G.Ca |
11. | 42 | M | Apr., ’03 | Anchovy | Epigastric pain, nausea & vomiting | 10 hr | 1 day | Upper body Anterior wall |
12. | 51 | M | May., ’04 | Common conger | Severe epigastric pain | 12 hr | 1 day | Uncertainb |
13. | 61 | M | Mar., ’09 | Anchovy | Epigastric pain, nausea & vomiting | 10 hr | 1 day | Upper body lesser curvature |
14. | 52 | M | Dec., ’09 | Uncertain | Epigastric pain & nausea | 7 hr | 1 day | Lower body G.Ca |
15. | 46 | F | Jan., ’10 | Common conger | Severe epigastric pain | 12 hr | 2 days | Uncertain |
Greater curvature.
Nine larvae were detected in each case.