Direct parasitologial diagnosis of infection with Hysterothylacium aduncum in a patient with epigastralgia

Abstract

Anisakis parasitization has been on the rise because some factors, like increased interest in dishes consisting of raw fish. We report a case of epigastralgia with direct diagnosis by endoscopy, which futher study pointed out H. Aduncum as causal agent, a anisakis which is rarely involved in human anisakiasis.