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Table 6. Clinical symptoms and signs of anisakidosis patients in Korea (1971-2022)
Chief complaints/major signs No. of patients (%)
Acute abdomen, epigastric pain 510 (59.9)
Nausea and/or vomiting 99 (11.6)
Chronic gastritis, chronic gastric pain 31 (3.6)
Intestinal obstruction, ileus, intussusception, adhesion 22 (2.6)
Diarrhea 16 (1.9)
Urticaria, edema 12 (1.4)
Hematemesis, melena 9 (1.1)
Esophageal involvement 8 (0.9)
Submucosal tumor 5 (0.6)
Duodenitis, jejunitis, ileitis, appendicitis 5 (0.6)
Oropharyngeal/tonsil involvement 4 (0.5)
Asymptomatic/health check-up/incidentally 45 (5.3)
Multiple symptoms or miscellaneous types of symptoms* 20 (2.4)
Unknown 67 (7.9)
Total 851 (100.0)
*More than 2 kinds of symptoms or miscellaneous symptoms, including chest pain, fever, and others.