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]

• Pain

  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]

  All patients presented with abdominal pain associated with high blood eosinophilia (median: 7.24 G/L [min 4.25; max 52.28 G/L]). [hal.archives-ouvertes.fr]

  Clinical signs and diagnosis[edit] Abdominal pain which presents as a palpable mass on clinical examination Anorexia Diarrhoea Vomiting In the blood and tissue biopsy there is eosinophilia. [en.wikipedia.org]

• Gangrene

  Tropical de São Paulo, 37, 369-374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651995000400016 [22] Vázquez, J.J., Boils, P.L., Sola, J.J., Carbonell, F., de Juan Burgueño, M., Giner, V., et al. (1993) Angiostrongyliasis in a European Patient: A Rare Cause of Gangrenous [scirp.org]

• Asymptomatic

  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]

  Under this treatment regime the patient's condition improved, his headaches ceased over the following weeks, and he became completely asymptomatic after 2 months. [academic.oup.com]

• Inflammation

  File:20111512 perfilproteomico dentro.jpg Adult parasite of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a helminth that causes acute intestinal inflammation known as abdominal angiostrongyliasis Taxonavigation[edit] Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: [species.wikimedia.org]

  The eosinophilic enteritis caused by these worms in humans involves an eosinophilic inflammation of the mesenteric arterioles of the ileocecal region of the gastrointestinal tract and can resemble appendicitis. [eol.org]

• Fever

  Fever was classified as mild. Leukocytosis with predominance of eosinophils was seen in most cases. Radiology revealed rigidity and spasticity of the intestinal wall with poor filling on medium contrast. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Fever is generally absent or of low grade. CSF usually discloses an elevated opening pressure, a WBC count between 150 and 2,000/ μL, and an eosinophilic pleocytosis, generally > 20%. [academic.oup.com]

• Abdominal Pain

  All patients presented with abdominal pain associated with high blood eosinophilia (median: 7.24 G/L [min 4.25; max 52.28 G/L]). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  All patients presented with abdominal pain associated with high blood eosinophilia (median: 7.24 G/L [min 4.25; max 52.28 G/L]). [hal.archives-ouvertes.fr]

  Clinical signs and diagnosis[edit] Abdominal pain which presents as a palpable mass on clinical examination Anorexia Diarrhoea Vomiting In the blood and tissue biopsy there is eosinophilia. [en.wikipedia.org]

  They cause severe abdominal pain mimicking those of appendicitis, haemorrhage and perforation digestive that can lead to death (2 to 8% of cases). A major eosinophilia usually accompanies these unspecific clinical pictures. [clinicaltrials.gov]

• 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]

• Vomiting

  Clinical signs and diagnosis[edit] Abdominal pain which presents as a palpable mass on clinical examination Anorexia Diarrhoea Vomiting In the blood and tissue biopsy there is eosinophilia. [en.wikipedia.org]

  Main complaints are insidious or abrupt excruciating frontal, occipital, or bitemporal headache. 2 Neck stiffness, nausea, and vomiting are also common findings. [academic.oup.com]

• Nausea

  Main complaints are insidious or abrupt excruciating frontal, occipital, or bitemporal headache. 2 Neck stiffness, nausea, and vomiting are also common findings. [academic.oup.com]

• Larva Migrans

  migrans Nemathelminthia Nematoda Nématodose Parasitose Keyword (en) Angiostrongyliasis Human Host parasite relation Zoonosis Helmintha Helminthiasis Infection Invertebrata Larva migrans Nemathelminthia Nematoda Nematod disease Parasitosis Keyword (es [pascal-francis.inist.fr]

  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]

  & Gidin, D. (1977) Larva-specific antibodies in patients with visceral larva migrans. [cambridge.org]

  Visceral larva migrans-like síndrome caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 31, 67-70. Pizarro-Porras, J. (2003). Angiostrongiliasis abdominal. Revisión de 33 casos. (Tesis de Licenciatura). [revistas.ucr.ac.cr]

• Meningism

  They cause eosinophilic angiostrongyl meningitis and meningoencephalitis, which can lead to severe neurological sequelae (paralysis) or even death. [clinicaltrials.gov]

  This species of parasites can cause eosinophilic meningitis (meningitis with a high percentage of the white blood cell, eosinophils), in the fluid surrounding the brain or cerebrospinal fluid Another species, called Angiostrongylus costaricensis, is commonly [dovemed.com]

  Am J Trop Med Hyg 1975 ; 24 : 921 – 931. 3 Eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Switzerland. Infection 2004 ; 32 : 116 – 118. 4 Corticosteroid treatment of eosinophilic meningitis. [academic.oup.com]

  Abstract: Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an emerging infectious disease. It is the most common form of human angiostrongyliasis. [eurekaselect.com]

  These worms were assigned to the metastrongylid strongyles and to the genus Angiostrongylus, which was already known, in man medicine, by the species A. cantonensis, the causative agent of an eosinophilic meningitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Brugia Malayi

  The sequence of 15 kDa antigen was found to have 100% homology with the Glutation-S-transferase enzyme of Brugia malayi and Onchocerca volvulus, and the sequence of 2 kDa antigen 95% homology with the Ubiquitine protein. [scielo.conicyt.cl]

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

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

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]

Case Report A previously healthy 32‐year‐old Asian male presented with a 10‐day history of ongoing moderate bitemporal treatment‐resistant headache. [academic.oup.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]

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

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]

Clinical and epidemiological aspects of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in southern Brazil. Revista Instituto Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 33, 373-378. Incani, R. N., Caleiras, E., Martín, M., & González, C. (2007). [revistas.ucr.ac.cr]

[…] 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]

Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: Its prevention by the destruction of infecting larvae in food treated with salt, vinegar or sodium hypochlorite. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1995;28:389-92. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86821995000400013 Magnaval JF. [revistabiomedica.org]