A 49-year-old man visited our hospital with a segment of a tapeworm, naturally discharged in his feces. He was a resident of Seoul, without any recent history of travel abroad or to coastal areas. He reported an otherwise non-specific history except for consumption of raw salmon in autumn of 2005 at a restaurant in Seoul. He was a construction worker, with height of 157 cm and weight of 52 kg. He didn't have any special medical history.