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Asymptomatic anisakiasis of the colon incidentally diagnosed and treated during colonoscopy by retroflexion in the ascending colon

A 74-year-old man with diabetes underwent colonoscopy as routine screening for colon cancer. An Anisakis larva was found incidentally during colonoscopy using the retroflexion technique in the ascending colon, and was removed using a forceps. Asymptomatic colonic anisakiasis is very rare, and few re...

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Autores principales: Tsukui, Mamiko, Morimoto, Naoki, Kurata, Hidekazu, Sunada, Fumiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5141380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27928460
http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.2914