Fig. 17

Anisakiasis. 44-year-old woman presenting with severe abdominal pain four days after having eaten raw fish. a. US scan axial image, concentric wall thickening in several jejunal and ileal loops and ascites (arrow) were seen. Note the irregularity of the lumen surface due to oedema of Kerckring’s folds (“the corn” sign) (arrowheads). b. Contrast-enhanced CT of the same patient as in a shows diffuse concentric wall thickening of a jejunal loop (arrows) and ascites (asterisk). The patient had positive test results for specific IgE anti-anisakidae antibodies