Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges
A case report of a 31 year-old woman from Paraíba State (North-Eastern Brazil) that presented severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges. Diagnosis was established after enucleation of her left eye, when adult worms were seen in the midst of a granulomatous inflammatory process. Her resp...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:72bc663c322048829aef567be9410b7e 2024-09-09T19:26:18+00:00 Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges Renata T.R. Aquino Maria E.R. Magliari José Vital Filho Maria A.L.G. Silva Carlos A. da Conceição Lima Antonio J. Rocha Carlos J. Silva Jonathan A. Rewin Tatiana R. Nahas Pedro Paulo Chieffi 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652008000600009 https://doaj.org/article/72bc663c322048829aef567be9410b7e EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652008000600009 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46652008000600009 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/72bc663c322048829aef567be9410b7e Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 50, Iss 6, Pp 355-358 (2008) Lagochilascaris minor Lagochilascariasis Ocular involvement Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2008 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652008000600009 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z A case report of a 31 year-old woman from Paraíba State (North-Eastern Brazil) that presented severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges. Diagnosis was established after enucleation of her left eye, when adult worms were seen in the midst of a granulomatous inflammatory process. Her response to the initial treatment with levamisole and cambendazole was good, but there was a relapse after the fifth month of treatment even with maintenance doses of both medications. She later received ivermectin and albendazol and responded well. Paciente do sexo feminino, com 31 anos, procedente da Paraíba, apresentava envolvimento severo de ambos os globos oculares, com perda da visão à esquerda, comprometimento da audição e das meninges. Após enucleação do olho esquerdo fragmento de helminto identificado como Lagochilascaris minor foi observado em processo inflamatório granulomatoso. Inicialmente a paciente foi tratada com levamisol e cambendazol, com bom resultado. Verificou-se, todavia, piora do quadro após cinco meses, com eliminação de larvas do ascarídeo em lesão presente na órbita esquerda, embora a medicação fosse mantida com administração periódica. Houve boa resposta terapêutica, com regressão do quadro, após substituição dos anti-helmínticos anteriores pela associação ivermectina e albendazol. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Boa ENVELOPE(15.532,15.532,66.822,66.822) Fosse ENVELOPE(19.182,19.182,69.959,69.959) Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 50 6 355 358 |
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A case report of a 31 year-old woman from Paraíba State (North-Eastern Brazil) that presented severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges. Diagnosis was established after enucleation of her left eye, when adult worms were seen in the midst of a granulomatous inflammatory process. Her response to the initial treatment with levamisole and cambendazole was good, but there was a relapse after the fifth month of treatment even with maintenance doses of both medications. She later received ivermectin and albendazol and responded well. Paciente do sexo feminino, com 31 anos, procedente da Paraíba, apresentava envolvimento severo de ambos os globos oculares, com perda da visão à esquerda, comprometimento da audição e das meninges. Após enucleação do olho esquerdo fragmento de helminto identificado como Lagochilascaris minor foi observado em processo inflamatório granulomatoso. Inicialmente a paciente foi tratada com levamisol e cambendazol, com bom resultado. Verificou-se, todavia, piora do quadro após cinco meses, com eliminação de larvas do ascarídeo em lesão presente na órbita esquerda, embora a medicação fosse mantida com administração periódica. Houve boa resposta terapêutica, com regressão do quadro, após substituição dos anti-helmínticos anteriores pela associação ivermectina e albendazol. |
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Renata T.R. Aquino Maria E.R. Magliari José Vital Filho Maria A.L.G. Silva Carlos A. da Conceição Lima Antonio J. Rocha Carlos J. Silva Jonathan A. Rewin Tatiana R. Nahas Pedro Paulo Chieffi |
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Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges |
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Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges |
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Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges |
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Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges |
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Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges |
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lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges infecção humana por lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges |
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