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Acute gastric pain after eating sashimi

BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3730 (Published 04 November 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m3730
  1. Kotaro Kunitomo, doctor1,
  2. Shigeki Matsubara, professor2
  1. 1Aso Medical Center, Kurokawa, Aso, Kumamoto, Japan
  2. 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
  1. Correspondence to: K Kunitomo m05035kk{at}yahoo.co.jp

This gastroscopy photograph (fig 1) shows a parasitic nematode belonging to the genus Anisakis (2-3 cm long roundworm) that is half embedded within the gastric mucosa of a …

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