We report 12 patients who ate raw firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans. The patients experienced abdominal pain one or two days after eating them. Ileus was suspected by abdominal X-ray, but abdominal muscle guarding was not recognized. No specific findings was revealed on laboratory data. Patients were recovered two or three days after admission by only drip infusion. Recently, type X larva of the suborder Spirurina is recognized in 3.3% of firefly squid viscus. Indirect fluorescent antibody test using antigen of the type X larva was evaluated for the sera of the 8 ileus patients who were admitted in 1993. The antibody titers were positive in 5 patients and were negative in 3 patients. These results suggested that the ileus like symptom we reported here was attributed to the type X larva of the suborder Spirurina. © 1995, The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology. All rights reserved.
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Hirosawa, H., Nakamura, H., & Urade, M. (1995). Clinical study of ileus like symptom due to eating of raw firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans. Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi, 92(1), 26–31. https://doi.org/10.11405/nisshoshi1964.92.26
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