Title of article
A Common Worm in a Rare Place
Author/Authors
SHEIKHIAN, Mohammad Reza Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Section - Department of Internal Medicine - Imam Reza Hospital - Mashhad University of Medical Science
Pages
3
From page
1321
To page
1323
Abstract
A case of a 40-year-old female, in whom a 6-meter long worm (Taenia saginata) was found in stomach, is reported here. In this patient, T. saginata upward migration of the worm to the stomach, its rare phenomenon, worm mostly seen in the small intestine. This is mainly because of the high gastric acidity. In this patient, we believe proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use caused hypochlorhydria and coexistence H. pylori infection caused chronic atrophic gastritis, which resulted in the retrograde migration of the tapeworm to the stomach in our patient.
Keywords
Taenia saginata , Stomach , Proton pump inhibitor , Iran
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2013
Record number
2419414
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