Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges |
| Authors: |
Aquino, Renata T.R., Magliari, Maria E.R., Vital Filho, José, Silva, Maria A.L.G., Conceição Lima, Carlos A. da, Rocha, Antonio J., Silva, Carlos J., Rewin, Jonathan A., Nahas, Tatiana R., Chieffi, Pedro Paulo |
| Source: |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. December 2008 50(6) |
| Publisher Information: |
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2008. |
| Publication Year: |
2008 |
| Subject Terms: |
Lagochilascaris minor, Lagochilascariasis, Ocular involvement |
| More Details: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0036-4665 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/S0036-46652008000600009 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652008000600009 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S0036.46652008000600009 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
