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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025
Dispatch
Gastric Submucosal Tumor in Patient Infected with Dioctophyme renale Roundworm, South Korea, 2024
Dong-Min Kim1, Youngdae Kim, Jung In Lee, Jun-Won Seo, Da Young Kim, Na Ra Yun, Beomgi Lee, You Mi Lee, Choon-Mee Kim1, and Sung-Chul Lim
Figure 1
Figure 1. Gastric submucosal tumor in patient infected with Dioctophyme renale roundworm, South Korea, 2024. A) Gastroscopy showed a protruding mass-like lesion measuring 3 × 2 cm on the posterior gastric wall. B) Abdominal computed tomography showed enhanced wall thickening and a central low-attenuation area at the greater curvature of the gastric antrum.
1These authors contributed equally to this study.
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