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Hookworm Infection
Cutaneous Larva Migrans
infection, the first symptom patients notice is a palm or sole irritation, that is pruritic and either vesicular or erythematous, that should be differentiated from cutaneous larva … migrans. … Dermatological examination shows the rash described above, that is sometimes accompanied by scratching lesions or typical cutaneous larva migrans, a serpiginous erythematous[1]
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Ocular Larva Migrans
Visceral Larva Migrans
Ocular larva migrans (OLM), also known as ocular toxocariasis, is the ocular form of the larva migrans syndrome that occurs when Toxocara canis (dog roundworm) larvae invade … They may be associated with visceral larva migrans. … The eye involvement can cause the following inflammatory disorders:
endophthalmitis
uveitis
chorioretinitis
In contrast to visceral larva migrans, ocular toxocariasis usually[2]
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Cutaneous Larva Migrans
Larva Migrans
Cutaneous larva migrans (abbreviated CLM) is a skin disease in humans, caused by the larvae of various nematode parasites of the hookworm family (Ancylostomatidae). … Cutaneous larva migrans usually heals spontaneously over weeks to months and has been known to last as long as one year. … Dermatology
Intestinal parasite
Visceral larva migrans
List of migrating cutaneous conditions
DermAtlas -1921851750[3]
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Gnathostomiasis
Gnathostomiasis (also known as larva migrans profundus) is the human infection caused by the nematode (roundworm) Gnathostoma spinigerum and/or Gnathostoma hispidum, which … The following are commonly used terms when referring to gnathostomiasis
Gnathostoma
Larva migrans profundus
Nodular migratory eosinophilic panniculitis
Physaloptera
Spiruroid … larva migrans
Wandering swelling
Yangtze edema
The first case of Gnathostoma was identified by Sir Richard Owen when inspecting the stomach of a young tiger that had died[4]
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Toxocariasis
The disease can manifest as visceral larva migrans or ocular toxocariasis or may be covert. … The clinical presentation of toxocariasis depends upon the organ system involved and can be classified as: Visceral larva migrans (VLM) - involving all major organs Ocular … larva migrans (OLM) - involving the eyes and the optic nerve A covert form which is difficult to diagnose.[5]
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Visceral Larva Migrans
Ocular Larva Migrans
Toxocariasis is often called visceral larva migrans (VLM). … ; and ocular larva migrans (OLM), in which pathological effects on the host are restricted to the eye and the optic nerve. … High parasitic loads or repeated infection can lead to visceral larva migrans (VLM).[6]
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Helminthiasis
malayi), Trichinella spiralis (the causative agent of trichinellosis), Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), Toxocara canis and T. cati (the causative agent of visceral larva … migrans), and Ancylostoma braziliense (responsible for cutaneous larva migrans) are classified into this group of nematodes as they cause infections related to other tissues[7]
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Leukemoid Reaction
All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)
Ethylene glycol intoxication
Infections
Clostridium difficile
Tuberculosis
Pertussis
Infectious mononucleosis (lymphocyte predominant)
Visceral larva … migrans (eosinophil predominant)
Asplenia
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Organ necrosis
Hepatic necrosis
Ischemic colitis
As a feature of trisomy 21 in infancy (incidence of ~10%[8]
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Tropical Eosinophilia
Other parasitic infections, such as the zoonotic filariae, dirofilariasis, ascariasis, strongyloides, visceral larva migrans and hookworm disease, may also be confused with[9]
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Myocarditis
Mycoplasma pneumoniae)
Fungal (Aspergillus)
Parasitic (ascaris, Echinococcus granulosus, Paragonimus westermani, schistosoma, Taenia solium, Trichinella spiralis, visceral larva … migrans, and Wuchereria bancrofti)
Bacterial myocarditis is rare in patients without immunodeficiency.[10]