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Kazumasa Kawashima1, Tatsuo Fujiwara1, Kyoko Katakura1
1Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University School Medicine, Japan.
Abstract:
Anisakiasis involves the stomach in most cases and occurs rarely in the small intestine. Anisakiasis in the small intestine is associated with abdominal pain and obstruction and is rarely associated with intestinal bleeding. Unlike in the stomach, anisakiasis in the small intestine is difficult to diagnose anatomically. The patient in this case study developed hypovolemic shock due to excessive bleeding and underwent emergency surgery. With the recent increase in the consumption of raw fish around the world, this report provides an important finding of bleeding in the small intestine due to an unknown cause.
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