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[1st case of extra-gastrointestinal anisakiasis in a human diagnosed in Italy]
G Cancrini1, G Magro, G Giannone
1Istituto di Parassitologia, Università La Sapienza, Roma.
Abstract:
A case of extra-gastrointestinal infection by Anisakis in a woman living in Catania (Sicily, Southern Italy) is described. The patient complained of severe pain in the ileocecal region, and a diagnosis of acute appendicitis led to an appendectomy. During the intervention, a laparoscopic exploration showed a nodule on the large omentum that was surgically removed. Parasitological diagnosis was achieved on the basis of morphological observations carried out on the histological sections of the nodule.
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