Title
Secondary vasculitis to infection by Fasciola hepatica
Other title
Vasculitis secundaria a infección por Fasciola hepática
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
There is a case of a 38 year-old male patient coming from an area where hepatic fascioliasis is endemic in Peru. He was hospitalized because he showed 4 weeks of symptoms like fever, intense myalgias, erythematous and painful injuries on limb extensions. The electromyography and nerve conduction velocity showed a global inflammatory myopathy. A skin biopsy showed polyarteritis nodosa-type vasculitis. During the evaluation process prior to the immunosuppressive therapy, hepatic Fasciola eggs were found in the parasitological examination of stools. The fascioliasis diagnosis was confirmed by fas2-ELISA: 0.46 (VN <0.20). Clinical symptoms started to subside after treatment with ticlabendazol. Contact with the patient was maintained for a year and there was no evidence of disease recurrence, and he was asymptomatic.
Start page
386
End page
389
Volume
29
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Farmacología, Farmacia Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84868118132
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
1726-4634
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