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Korean J Parasitol. 2009 Dec;47(4):401-404. Published online 2009 December 02. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.4.401.
Copyright © 2009 by The Korean Society for Parasitology


A Human Case of Clinostomum complanatum Infection in Korea
Chan-Woong Park,¹ Jong-Soon Kim,² Hyun-Soo Joo,³ and Jin Kim³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, 21 Century Hana Medical Clinic, Mokpo 530-822, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, Jung-Ang General Hospital, Mokpo 530-400, Korea.
³Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon 590-711, Korea.
Corresponding author (Email: jinkim16@hanmail.net )

Received June 15, 2009; Revised October 06, 2009; Accepted October 06, 2009.

Abstract
A 33-year-old Korean man visited a medical clinic with complaints of throat discomfort and pain for one week. The symptoms occurred one day after eating raw brackish water fish, perch. Endoscopy revealed a fluke, about 5 mm in length, attaching to and peristaltically moving on the surface of the mucosa at the arytenoid region of the larynx. Microscopically, the testes were triangular, tandem, and separated by the uterus. The ovary and cirrus pouch were placed apart from median line between testes. Numerous blood cells were observed in the ceca. The worm was identified to be Clinostomum complanatum. This is the second human case of clinostomiasis in Korea.

Keywords: Clinostomum complanatum, brackish water fish, human case, Korea.

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