Case 25. Anisakiasis of intestine (55 y-o M)

       
  Jejunum from a post-gastrectomy patient, surgically resected for acute abdomen half day after eating Sashimi (raw fish)  
       

 

  A 13 mm-long white helminth is stuck in the highly edematous and hyperemic jejunum (gross findings). Anisakiasis is most commonly seen in the stomach.