1/2. Noncardiac chest pain due to acute gastric anisakiasis.This paper described the first confirmed case of acute anginalike chest pain caused by gastric anisakiasis. A 55-year-old male, with a history of a sudden onset of chest pain and also a history of eating raw mackerel and tuna 9 hr prior to the onset of chest pain, was found upon endoscopy to have an imbedded parasite in the mucosal lining of his stomach. The chest pain disappeared after the endoscopic removal of larva. endoscopy is highly recommended at the earliest possible time for patients who are suspected to have acute gastric anisakiasis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = chest pain, chest (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. Severe chest pain due to gastric anisakiasis.We treated two cases of gastric anisakiasis presenting with severe chest pain. In both cases, there was a history of prior ingestion of raw saltwater fish. After endoscopic removal of larvae, the chest pain disappeared and never recurred. Other diseases causing chest pain were ruled out by symptoms, signs, blood tests, electrocardiography, chest radiograph, and ultrasonic examination of the heart and abdomen. Thus the chest pain was considered to be caused by gastric anisakiasis. Gastric anisakiasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.1283757971923keywords = chest pain, chest (Clic here for more details about this article) |