Case report of laryngeal infection by Clinostomum complanatum 24 days after ingestion of raw fish.
Hyun-Gyu KimJi-Hee HanJi-Yoon KwakHan Kyu JeonSang-Soo LeeHyun Jin KimSeul Ki SongByoung-Kuk NaRa-Ri ChaPublished in: Medicine (2023)
To the best of our knowledge, this is an endoscopically diagnosed and treated case of human infection by C complanatum in Korea after the longest period of infection. This suggests that C complanatum can survive for up to 3 weeks or more in the gastrointestinal tract. Endoscopy is a useful tool for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with atypical extraesophageal symptoms who do not respond to Proton Pump Inibitors.