Title
Abdominal angiostrongiliasis in a school boy. First child clinical case in Venezuela
Other title
[Angiostrongiliasis abdominal en escolar. Primer caso clínico pediátrico en Venezuela]
Date Issued
01 December 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hospital Universitario de Los Andes
Abstract
The abdominal angiostrongiliasis, is caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis. Recent studies have shown that the infected hosts are found in tropical areas and its prevalence and incidence in Latin America is unknown. In Venezuela there is a report of one case reported in an adult. We present the frst case of abdominal angiostrongiliasis observed in a child in Venezuela. He was a 9 years old male school boy, coming from the countryside, with a midabdomen abdominal mass extended to his right fank, he showed leukocytosis with 34% eosinofília. Exploratory laparotomy was performed and tumor histopathological examination revealed in the mesentery several eosinophilic granulomatous lesions surrounding eggs and larvae of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. Given the size of the lesion 400 mg/day albendazole was administered for seven days after total excision of the tumor. As this disease can not be clinically diagnosed, the histopathological examination of the abdominal mass is the accurate procedure.
Start page
221
End page
227
Volume
13
Issue
5
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84865832612
Source
Informe Medico
ISSN of the container
13169688
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