Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvement
Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM) syndrome is commonly caused by larvae of roundworms Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati. Human toxocarosis is a soil-transmitted zoonosis, which may result in partial or general pathological changes in host tissues. We reported a case of 14-year-old boy presented with severe...
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| description | Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM) syndrome is commonly caused by larvae of roundworms Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati. Human toxocarosis is a soil-transmitted zoonosis, which may result in partial or general pathological changes in host tissues. We reported a case of 14-year-old boy presented with severe dry cough without dyspnea, mild chest and abdominal pain with general fatigue. Examination of peripheral blood showed marked increase in eosinophils. The chest radiography showed an infiltrative shadow in the lung fields. Chest CT demonstrated multiple opacities in both lungs. Abdominal CT showed multiple low attenuation areas in the liver. Ultrasound guided liver biopsy revealed granulomas with severe eosinophilic infiltration. The boy was treated with albendazole and responded radically. It is worth mentioning that this is the first case of hepato-pulmonary VLM syndrome in Egypt. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d24f52d5bb148c086bc7f778ff1f9402023-09-02T14:23:23ZengSciendoHelminthologia0440-66051336-90832016-12-0153437237710.1515/helmin-2016-0033helmin-2016-0033Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvementAlmatary A. M.0Bakir H. Y.1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, EgyptDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, EgyptVisceral Larva Migrans (VLM) syndrome is commonly caused by larvae of roundworms Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati. Human toxocarosis is a soil-transmitted zoonosis, which may result in partial or general pathological changes in host tissues. We reported a case of 14-year-old boy presented with severe dry cough without dyspnea, mild chest and abdominal pain with general fatigue. Examination of peripheral blood showed marked increase in eosinophils. The chest radiography showed an infiltrative shadow in the lung fields. Chest CT demonstrated multiple opacities in both lungs. Abdominal CT showed multiple low attenuation areas in the liver. Ultrasound guided liver biopsy revealed granulomas with severe eosinophilic infiltration. The boy was treated with albendazole and responded radically. It is worth mentioning that this is the first case of hepato-pulmonary VLM syndrome in Egypt.https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0033visceral larva migrans syndromeeosinophilialung and liver granulomas |
| spellingShingle | Almatary A. M. Bakir H. Y. Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvement Helminthologia visceral larva migrans syndrome eosinophilia lung and liver granulomas |
| title | Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvement |
| title_full | Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvement |
| title_fullStr | Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvement |
| title_short | Human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome: pulmonary and hepatic involvement |
| title_sort | human case of visceral larva migrans syndrome pulmonary and hepatic involvement |
| topic | visceral larva migrans syndrome eosinophilia lung and liver granulomas |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0033 |
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