Symptoma

Angiostrongylus Costaricensis

The present work demonstrated the usefulness of the egg antigen in the development of a specific diagnostic test for abdominal angiostrongylosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abdominal pain which presents as a palpable mass on clinical examination Anorexia Diarrhoea VomitingIn the blood and tissue biopsy there is eosinophilia. Other methods of diagnosis from a biopsy are eggs and larvae in the blood vessels. [en.wikipedia.org]

  • Anemia

    Cerebrovascular disease in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with sickle cell anemia: screening with duplex transcranial Doppler US — correlation with MR imaging and MR angiography. Radiology 1993; 189:457-466. ‎ [books.google.es]

    These two cases were characterized by weight loss, anemia, and a long hospital stay ( Table 1 ), consistent with the results observed in the three reported pediatric cases in Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1980's [ 24, 26 ]. [parasite-journal.org]

  • Weight Loss

    These two cases were characterized by weight loss, anemia, and a long hospital stay ( Table 1 ), consistent with the results observed in the three reported pediatric cases in Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1980's [ 24, 26 ]. [parasite-journal.org]

  • Acute Abdomen

    We report here a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in a 9-year-old girl, from Itatiba, State of Espirito Santo, Brazil, submitted to exploratory laparotomy for acute abdomen. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  • Abdominal Rigidity

    The clinical symptoms were those of "acute abdomen," with pain at the right iliac fossa, pain on palpation, a tumor-like mass, abdominal rigidity, and painful rectal examination. The picture was, nevertheless, mild to moderate. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  • Abdominal Tenderness

    Case definition We defined a confirmed case as a patient with clinical symptoms and biological results consistent with HAA (fever, abdominal tenderness, and blood eosinophilia) and histopathological findings of HAA (identification of worms, eggs, or larvae [parasite-journal.org]

  • Larva Migrans

    A close similarity between the visceral larva migrans syndrome and ectopic localization (liver) of A. costaricensis is established. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

    In the first case, although antibodies for A. costaricensis had been demonstrated, a clinical diagnosis of visceral larva migrans was recorded; however, further examination of a liver biopsy revealed eggs of A. costaricensis. [ajtmh.org]

    Mora, F. and Castro, L. (1982) Visceral Larva Migrans-Like Syndrome Caused by Angiostrongylus Costaricensis. [scirp.org]

  • Testicular Pain

    An 8-year-old boy was admitted to hospital with acute testicular pain. A diagnosis of torsion of the testicle was made, and an orchidectomy was performed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  • Pneumoperitoneum

    Pneumoperitoneum under the right hypochondria (white arrow). B. Focus on the pneumoperitoneum (white arrow). Figure 4 Case No. 2 microscopic aspects of the ileo-colic specimen stained with HES. A. [parasite-journal.org]

  • Wuchereria Bancrofti

    The antigen was cross-reactive with 30 cases from 9 out of 10 different kinds of nematodiasis (gnathostomiasis, strongyloidiasis, ascariasis, hookworm infections, trichinosis, toxocariasis, trichuriasis, onchocercosis and Wuchereria bancrofti infections [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  • Liver Biopsy

    In the first case, although antibodies for A. costaricensis had been demonstrated, a clinical diagnosis of visceral larva migrans was recorded; however, further examination of a liver biopsy revealed eggs of A. costaricensis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Through this test it was possible to demonstrate a sharp and early decline in IgG1 antibody in serum samples taken from patients with histopathological diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis at different time points after surgical treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

treatment, prevention, prognosis, and additional useful information HERE. [dovemed.com]

The four patients in our case series were treated with an anthelmintic as standard treatment for cases of high eosinophilia before diagnostic confirmation. [parasite-journal.org]

Among various treatment options, corticosteroid is the only effective treatment. [eurekaselect.com]

[…] infections from these parasites resolve spontaneously without treatment Please find comprehensive information on Angiostrongyliasis regarding definition, distribution, risk factors, causes, signs & symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatment, prevention, prognosis [dovemed.com]

[…] headaches significantly. 5 Albendazole may induce an exacerbation of meningitis, possibly due to an inflammatory response following parasite death. 6 Therefore a combination of corticosteroids and albendazole or mebendazole has been proposed. 5,7 The prognosis [academic.oup.com]

The disease is generally mild and self-limiting, but some cases can be complicated by intestinal infarction, pseudo-tumor, acute appendicitis, or digestive perforation, requiring emergency laparotomy and surgical care with an unpredictable prognosis [ [parasite-journal.org]

Etiological diagnoses were established by the discovery of Angiostrongylus costaricensis parasite in ileal pathological specimens. [clinicaltrials.gov]

Eosinophilia of undetermined origin is often treated using empirical anthelmintic treatment (generally a combination of albendazole or flubendazole and ivermectin) to cover a broad range of parasitic disease etiologies known in Martinique, including ascariasis [parasite-journal.org]

Environmental and epidemiological studies are needed to broaden our knowledge of the burden of this disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Angiostrongyliasis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, cerebrospinal fluid, diagnosis, eosinophilic meningitis, snail, eosinophils, Gnathostoma spinigerum, Taenia solium, Baylisascaris procyonis, gnathostomiasis, baylisascariasis, Angiostrongylus costaricensis, EPIDEMIOLOGY [eurekaselect.com]

[…] the infections from these parasites resolve spontaneously without treatment Please find comprehensive information on Angiostrongyliasis regarding definition, distribution, risk factors, causes, signs & symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatment, prevention [dovemed.com]

Bulletin de l’Académie Nationale de Médecine, 178, 625-631. [ 13 ] Zanini, G.M. and Graeff-Teixeira, C. (1995) Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis: Its Prevention by the Destruction of Infecting Larvae in Food Treated with Salt, Vinegar or Sodium Hypochlorite [scirp.org]

Indeed, detection of A. costaricensis eggs in feces has rarely been described, since their elimination is prevented by the inflammatory reaction in the intestinal wall. [parasite-journal.org]

Images