larva migrans/edema

BACKGROUND A rare case of optic disc edema associated with cutaneous larva migrans is presented. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been previously reported in literature. Joint management by ophthalmology and tropical medicine teams proved most beneficial for our patient, facilitating

Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM, creeping eruption) is a skin disease commonly seen in travelers returning from the tropics. The lesions are caused by intradermal migration of animal hookworm larvae which cannot mature in humans. While the typical serpiginous skin lesions are easily diagnosed and

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to present the 'chronic' or 'persistent' form of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans. METHODS From 1998 to 2011, 13 patients were seen in our department with clinically typical hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans that had been present for more than 5

OBJECTIVE To report rheumatologic or rheumatologic-like manifestations of the visceral larva migrans (VLM) syndrome. METHODS We carried out a prospective study of patients with VLM seen in a private practice setting in Mexico City between 1990 and 1993. RESULTS From a population of 600 patients we

Visceral larva migrans is a syndrome characteristically involving children with a history of pica, and usually presents with fever, abdominal pain, tender hepatomegaly, and hypereosinophilia. Hepatic granulomas of visceral larva migrans are rare in adults. We describe three adult patients with

OBJECTIVE To characterize the histologic alterations in the ocular globe of mice infected with eggs of Toxocara canis, during both the acute and chronic stages of the infection. METHODS Performance of an experimental, prospective study in vivo, with right and left ocular globes [using 5 groups of 4

A 19-year-old man was transferred to hospital because of myocarditis with cardiogenic shock. Echocardiography showed a left ventricular ejection fraction of 23.8% and an intermediate amount of pericardial effusion. The patient immediately received an intra-aortic balloon pump and percutaneous

The radiological and clinical features of 41 cases of acute gastric anisakiasis, a form of visceral larva migrans caused by eating poorly cooked fish containing Anisakis larvae, are reviewed. The most important radiological finding, present in 31 patients (76%), was the demonstation of a thread-like

Gnathostomiasis is rarely reported in travelers, although the disease remains a major public health problem in Southeast Asia. A creeping eruption and Quincke's edema (slowly migrating erythema with pruritus) appeared in two Japanese men who had eaten raw freshwater shrimp in Myanmar. A Gnathostoma

Epidermal parasitic skin diseases encompass scabies, pediculosis, cutaneous larva migrans, myiasis, and tungiasis. Tungiasis is probably the most neglected of all Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). It occurs in South America, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa and affects marginalized populations

A 51-year-old woman with a history of eating raw fish over a period of 2 weeks developed a progressive abdominal pain and leukocytosis with signs of small bowel obstruction. Eosinophilia was not detected in the peripheral blood. The patient underwent surgery to clarify the possibility of ileus.

Gnathostomiasis is a systemic parasitic disease that is caused by the ingestion of contaminated raw fish, the intermediate host. Involvement of the skin is a common event, and when it does happen, it can produce a superficial or creeping eruption, pseudofurunculosis, and nodular migratory

Toxocariasis in man is associated with three syndromes which are visceral larva migrans, ocular larva migrans and covert toxocariasis. Although neurotoxocariasis is defined as the fourth syndrome of toxocariasis, it is usually considered as a neurological disease which is usually concomitant with

INTRODUCTION: It is known that the larvae of ascarids have migrating phase before they reach the intestine. Stewart (1916) reported the pulmonary migration of ascaris larvae in normal host. Beaver et al. (1952) demonstrated the ascaris larvae of animal origin from the biopsied human liver, and