Endoscopy, Table of Contents Endoscopy 2003; 35(8): 718DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41510 Images in Focus © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Ascaris Lumbricoides in the Stomach S. Vernace 1 , C. Maltz 1 1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatic Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical School, New York, USA Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download Figure 1 An 81-year-old Chinese-born man, with a history of lung cancer for which he had received both radiation and chemotherapy, underwent upper endoscopy for odynophagia. When the stomach was entered, a motile tubular structure with tapered ends and approximately 6 mm diameter and 20 cm length was noted. This had the appearance of Ascaris lumbricoides. The patient was treated with one dose of albendazole without effect on his symptoms.
