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21175501

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
Strongyloidiasis is relatively common in tropical and subtropical areas. Most patients with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection are immunocompromised, most commonly from corticosteroids or human T-cell lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. We encountered a patient with HTLV-1 infection accompanied by paralytic ileus, in whom strongyloidiasis in the duodenum and jejunum was disclosed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE). Until the age of 7 years, he lived on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan, where both S. stercoralis and HTLV-1 are endemic. EGD and peroral DBE disclosed white villi, edematous mucosa, and the disappearance of folds in the duodenum and jejunum. Biopsy specimens from the white villi in the duodenum and jejunum revealed S. stercoralis larvae. In both duodenal and jejunal juice, the rhabditiform larvae moved around. Because the larvae invade the lymph vessels, resulting in lymphangiectasia in edematous enteritis, the appearance of white villi may reflect villous atrophy/destruction and mucosal edema. Although our patient revealed no eosinophilia and negative stool specimens for parasites or ova, EGD and DBE with multiple biopsies and intestinal juice analysis are valuable diagnostic tools for strongyloidiasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1443-1661
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 The Authors. Digestive Endoscopy © 2010 Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
370-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic yield of double-balloon enteroscopy with intestinal juice analysis for intestinal strongyloidiasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports