Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2008
• Subjects: Lagochilascaris minor; Lagochilascariasis; Ocular involvement; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Boa; Fosse
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652008000600009; https://doaj.org/article/72bc663c322048829aef567be9410b7e

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...