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Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 50(6): 355-358, Nov.-Dec. 2008. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-499802

ABSTRACT

A case report of a 31 year-old woman from Paraíba State (North-Eastern Brazil) that presented severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges. Diagnosis was established after enucleation of her left eye, when adult worms were seen in the midst of a granulomatous inflammatory process. Her response to the initial treatment with levamisole and cambendazole was good, but there was a relapse after the fifth month of treatment even with maintenance doses of both medications. She later received ivermectin and albendazol and responded well.


Paciente do sexo feminino, com 31 anos, procedente da Paraíba, apresentava envolvimento severo de ambos os globos oculares, com perda da visão à esquerda, comprometimento da audição e das meninges. Após enucleação do olho esquerdo fragmento de helminto identificado como Lagochilascaris minor foi observado em processo inflamatório granulomatoso. Inicialmente a paciente foi tratada com levamisol e cambendazol, com bom resultado. Verificou-se, todavia, piora do quadro após cinco meses, com eliminação de larvas do ascarídeo em lesão presente na órbita esquerda, embora a medicação fosse mantida com administração periódica. Houve boa resposta terapêutica, com regressão do quadro, após substituição dos anti-helmínticos anteriores pela associação ivermectina e albendazol.


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Adult , Animals , Female , Humans , Ascaridida Infections/parasitology , Ascaridoidea/isolation & purification , Eye Infections, Parasitic/parasitology , Hearing Loss, Unilateral/parasitology , Meninges/parasitology , Antiparasitic Agents/therapeutic use , Ascaridida Infections/diagnosis , Ascaridida Infections/therapy , Ascaridoidea/classification , Eye Enucleation , Eye Infections, Parasitic/diagnosis , Eye Infections, Parasitic/therapy , Severity of Illness Index
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