A Rare Cause of Weight Loss in Immunocompetent Subject

A Rare Cause of Weight Loss in Immunocompetent Subject

We report a case of 61-year-old immunocompetent man with no comorbidity presenting with unexplained weight loss. All routine investigations could not point to the etiology of weight loss, but duodenal biopsy taken on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis, a ne...

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Main Authors: Mukesh Nasa, Mahesh Gupta, Shashank Bhansali, Lipika Lipi, Rajesh Puri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
edema
strongyloides stercoralis
weight loss
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1693240

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