The visceral larva migrans caused by Toxocara canis : a case report.

Autor: Gakosso LGC; Radiology Department, Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Mohammed VI, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco., Baadi F; Radiology Department, Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Mohammed VI, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco., Abakka FZ; Radiology Department, Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Mohammed VI, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco., Basraoui D; Radiology Department, Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Mohammed VI, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco., Jalal H; Radiology Department, Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Mohammed VI, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2020 Jul 03; Vol. 36, pp. 150. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 03 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.150.24176
Abstrakt: 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. We report the case of a nine-year-old child, living in countryside, with a notion of cohabitation with canids. He presented a digestive symptomatology revealed by abdominal pain, with a hemeosinophilia in the hemogram. The etiological assessment of hyper eosinophilia objectified a positive Toxocara canisserology. The imaging assessment in search of digestive visceral lesions, found multiple heterogeneous hypoechogenic areas, poorly defined, scattered in the liver. On the abdominal CT scan, its areas appear of unenhanced density and low density and better visible after injection of contrast product. This observation reveals that imagery, although not very specific, helps in the assessment of liver damage from digestive toxocarosis.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
(Copyright: Labretesche Gracia Christ Gakosso et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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