TY - JOUR T1 - Anisakiasis: a growing cause of abdominal pain! JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2016-218857 VL - 2017 SP - bcr2016218857 AU - Joana Carmo AU - Susana Marques AU - Miguel Bispo AU - David Serra Y1 - 2017/03/31 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2016-218857.abstract N2 - A previously healthy man, aged 32 years, was admitted with severe epigastric pain, vomiting and low-grade fever since the previous week. On physical examination, he had moderate abdominal tenderness. Laboratory results showed mild leucocytosis. After a careful interview, he revealed that he recently ate sushi. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed and showed on the gastric body, a filiform parasite firmly attached to an area of swollen and hyperaemic mucosa, with its end penetrating the gastric mucosa (figure 1). The larva … ER -