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 ...
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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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Visceral larva Migrans in a Young Italian Patient: A Diagnostic Dilemma. [PDF]
Acta Parasitol, 2023 The association of fever, focal hepatic lesions and peripheral hyper-eosinophilia (FHLH) can be observed in both infectious and non-infectious conditions.
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Clinico-radiologic Characteristics of Pulmonary Visceral Larva Migrans Caused by Ascaris suum. [PDF]
Intern Med, 2021 Objective Visceral larva migrans (VLM) caused by Ascaris suum is a major health problem in pig farming regions. The clinical characteristics of pulmonary VLM caused by A. suum, however, are unclear.
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Hepatic visceral larva migrans: A case series.
Trop Parasitol, 2023 Visceral larva migrans is an uncommon systemic parasitic infection of liver caused by second-stage larva of Toxocara canis or Toxocara catis. The liver is the most common visceral organ to be involved.
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EUS features of hepatic visceral larva migrans (with video) [PDF]
Endoscopic Ultrasound, 2023 A 36-year-old man presented with right upper abdominal pain of 6 months in duration. It was associated with loss of weight and appetite. He had a poultry farm and had exposure to dogs.
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The visceral larva migrans caused by Toxocara canis: a case report. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med J, 2020 Hepatic toxocarosis is caused by the dog´s roundworm, Toxocara canis. Responsible for an eosinophilic inflammatory syndrome causing liver damage that can be detected on ultrasound, computed tomography and sometimes magnetic resonance imaging.
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Atypical <i>Toxocara canis</i>-Induced Hepatic Visceral Larva Migrans: Diagnostic Challenges and Literature Review. [PDF]
Korean J GastroenterolToxocariasis, a zoonotic infection transmitted by Toxocara canis (from dogs) and Toxocara cati (from cats) larvae, poses rare but severe risks to humans.
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Visceral larva migrans among hospitalized patients in Poland: analysis of national hospital discharge data from 2014 to 2023. [PDF]
Sci RepVisceral larva migrans (VLM) is a type of toxocariasis and is among the most widespread zoonotic parasitic infections of public health importance. This study aimed to describe the structure and epidemiological trends in hospitalization of patients with ...
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Hepatic Visceral Larva Migrans Causing Hepatic Artery Pseudo-Aneurysm. [PDF]
Indian Pediatr, 2021 Child was managed conservatively and was given pulse dose methyl prednisolone (30 mg/kg/day) for 3 days followed by tapering doses, in view of high inflammatory markers and no evidence of bacterial infection.
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