Abstract
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 nematode endemic to Indian subcontinent. The patient recovered after course of
albendazole, and in the absence of other causality, weight loss was attributed to
strongyloidiasis.
Keywords
edema -
Strongyloides stercoralis
- weight loss
