Subject(s)
Pregnancy , Adult , Humans , Female , Immunoglobulin A/isolation & purification , Polymyositis/immunology , Toxoplasmosis/immunology , Dermatomyositis/diagnosis , Dermatomyositis/immunology , Dermatomyositis/parasitology , Polymyositis/diagnosis , Polymyositis/parasitology , Toxoplasmosis/complications , Toxoplasmosis/diagnosisABSTRACT
Os autores relatam um caso de comprometimento pulmonar por T. gondii, em homem de 57 anos. O diagnóstico foi realizado por meios sorológicos, após exaustiva avaliação clínico-radiológica. São discutidas as variantes clínicas de polimiosite apresentadas pelo paciente e o comprometimento do aparelho respiratório, tendo em vista as poucas citações desta entidade na literatura médica brasileira
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Leucovorin/therapeutic use , Lung Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology , Polymyositis/parasitology , Sulfadiazine/therapeutic use , Toxoplasmosis/diagnosis , Lung Diseases, Parasitic/diagnosis , Lung Diseases, Parasitic/drug therapy , Toxoplasmosis/drug therapyABSTRACT
A case of polymyositis associated with Bancroftian filariasis in an adult male who presented with generalised painful swelling and weakness of muscles is presented. He had elevated muscle enzymes, a myopathic EMG pattern, focal vasculitis on gastrocnemius muscle biopsy and W. bancrofti in the peripheral blood. There was clinical, biochemical and histopathological evidence of resolution of the disorder and total clearance of microfilaremia with diethyl carbamazine (DEC) therapy.