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Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis

Here, we report the case of a 57‐year‐old Peruvian man on long‐term corticosteroid therapy for a drug allergy and proton pump inhibitors for chronic dyspepsia symptoms. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed multiple white granular lesions and widespread erosions in the stomach. Our findings indica...

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Autores principales: Minamide, Tatsunori, Fukushima, Masashi, Inokuma, Tetsurou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6206995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30483566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12041
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author Minamide, Tatsunori
Fukushima, Masashi
Inokuma, Tetsurou
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description Here, we report the case of a 57‐year‐old Peruvian man on long‐term corticosteroid therapy for a drug allergy and proton pump inhibitors for chronic dyspepsia symptoms. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed multiple white granular lesions and widespread erosions in the stomach. Our findings indicate that gastric strongyloidiasis should be carefully considered in high‐risk patients even if endoscopic findings are nonspecific. [Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-62069952018-11-27 Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis Minamide, Tatsunori Fukushima, Masashi Inokuma, Tetsurou JGH Open Brief Report Here, we report the case of a 57‐year‐old Peruvian man on long‐term corticosteroid therapy for a drug allergy and proton pump inhibitors for chronic dyspepsia symptoms. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed multiple white granular lesions and widespread erosions in the stomach. Our findings indicate that gastric strongyloidiasis should be carefully considered in high‐risk patients even if endoscopic findings are nonspecific. [Image: see text] Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2018-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6206995/ /pubmed/30483566 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12041 Text en © 2018 The Authors. JGH Open: An open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology published by Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Minamide, Tatsunori
Fukushima, Masashi
Inokuma, Tetsurou
Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis
title Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis
title_full Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis
title_fullStr Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis
title_full_unstemmed Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis
title_short Gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis
title_sort gastroduodenal involvement in disseminated strongyloidiasis
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6206995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30483566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12041
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