Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection linked to chilled salmon consumption

This is a case of a 40-year-old Japanese adult male who had acute onset watery diarrhoea with intermittent abdominal discomfort. Several days later, he found a 1 metre of tape-shaped object emerged from his anus and was eventually admitted to our hospital for further investigation. Stool examination revealed eggs of Diphyllobothrium with characteristic shape in his stool. After oral praziquantel administration, segments of proglottids were...