Toxocariasis Suspected of Having Infiltrated Directly from the Liver to the Lung through the Diaphragm.
Intern Med
; 58(18): 2737-2741, 2019 Sep 15.
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| ID: mdl-31178505
ABSTRACT
A 37-year-old woman presented to our hospital with mild abdominal pain experienced for 2 months and hepatic nodules in segments 3 and 8. Peripheral blood eosinophilia was observed, and toxocariasis was serologically diagnosed. Seventeen days after the first imaging evaluation, a new lesion was found in segment 9 of the right lung, which was contiguous through the diaphragm to the hepatic nodule in segment 8. After treatment with albendazole, the liver and lung nodules disappeared. We suspect that larvae had directly invaded the lung from the liver, through the diaphragm.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Larva Migrans, Visceral
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Liver Diseases, Parasitic
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Intern Med
Journal subject:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan