Abdominal angiostrongyliasis with involvement of liver histopathologically confirmed: a case report

AUTOR(ES)

Quirós, José Luis, Jiménez, Ernesto, Bonilla, Raúl, Arce, Isabel, Hernández, Cristian, Jiménez, Yendry

FONTE

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011-08

RESUMO

Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by ingestion of the L3 larvae of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. The human infection gives rise to a pathological condition characterized by acute abdominal pain, secondary to an inflammatory granulomatous reaction, marked eosinophilia and eosinophilic vasculitis. Most commonly this disease is limited to intestinal location, primary ileocecal, affecting the mesenteric arterial branches and intestinal walls. We present one of the few cases reported around the world with simultaneous involvement of the intestines and liver, including proved presence of nematodes inside the hepatic arteriole.

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