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Hepatic visceral larva migrans. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2013 Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a systemic manifestation of migration of second stage larvae of nematodes through the tissue of human viscera. It is not uncommon but is underdiagnosed in developing countries. The liver is the most common organ to be involved due to its portal venous blood supply. The imaging findings are subtle and differentiation from
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Space Occupying Lesion in the Liver Caused by Hepatic Visceral Larva Migrans: A Case Report. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2018 Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is one of the clinical syndromes of human toxocariasis. We report a case of hepatic VLM presenting preprandial malaise and epigastric discomfort in a 58-year-old woman drinking raw roe deer blood.
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Visceral larva migrans associated with earthworm and gecko ingestion: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction Visceral larva migrans is a syndrome caused by an infection with larval helminths, which may result in partial or general pathological changes in host tissues.
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Parasites & VectorsBackground Human toxocariasis is a neglected parasitic disease characterised by the syndromes visceral, cerebral, and ocular larva migrans. This disease is caused by the migrating larvae of Toxocara roundworms from dogs and cats, affecting 1.4 billion ...
Yifan Yang +13 more
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Visceral Larva Migrans in Immigrants from Latin America [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 To determine whether increased migration is associated with an increase in incidence of toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans), we analyzed clinical data obtained from immigrants from Latin America. Although infection with Toxocara sp. roundworm larvae is
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Draft Genome of Toxocara canis, a Pathogen Responsible for Visceral Larva Migrans. [PDF]
Korean J Parasitol, 2016 This study aimed at constructing a draft genome of the adult female worm Toxocara canis using next-generation sequencing (NGS) and de novo assembly, as well as to find new genes after annotation using functional genomics tools.
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Atypical presentation of hepatic visceral larva migrans mimicking cancer and associated with ADAMTS13 deficiency-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy: A first report from Reunion Island. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2017 1 Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion Saint Pierre, Reunion Island, France, 2 Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Reunion Saint Pierre, Reunion Island ...
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Trop Parasitol, 2016 Introduction: Hepatic visceral larva migrans (VLM) is an uncommon parasitic manifestation seen in the liver. It presents as coalescing, conglomerated, or solitary abscess cavities in the liver on imaging. We conducted a retrospective clinico-radiological
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Presence of Visceral Larva Migrans in the Urinary Bladder of a Woman in Khorramabad, Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2011 The presence of Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM) in a patient is reported. A 57-year- old woman suffering from right upper abdominal and suprapubic pain referred into a clinic in Khorramabad, Lorestan Province, Iran. A cystoscopy was performed and biopsy was
SE Rafiee Alavi, H Nayebzadeh
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Co-existing Tubercular Pleural Effusion and Visceral Larva Migrans in a Patient with Hypereosinophilia: A Rare Case [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Eosinophilic pleural effusions accounts for 5-16% of all the cases of pleural effusion. Here the authors present a case of 21 years old male patient, with right-sided chest pain in whom peripheral blood eosinophilia along with eosinophilic pleural ...
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