Tricocefalosis masiva en un adulto diagnosticada por colonoscopía / Massive trichuriasis in an adult diagnosed by colonoscopy
Bol. chil. parasitol
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54(3/4): 97-100, jul.-dic. 1999. ilus
Artigo
em Espanhol
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| ID: lil-267630
ABSTRACT
A case of massive trichuriasis in a 37 year old female from a rural locality of the Metropolitan Region of Chile, with antecedentes of alcoholism, chronic hepatic damage and portal cavernomatosis, is presented. Since 12 year ago she has had geophagia. In the las six months she has frequently presented liquid diarrhea, colic abdominal pains, tenesmus and sensation of abdminal distention. Clinical and laboratory test confirmed her hepatic affection associated with a celiac disease with anemia and hypereosinophilia. Within a week diarrhea became worse and dysentery appeared. A colonoscopy revealed and impressive and massive trichuriasis. The patient was succesfully treated with two cures of 200 mg tablets of mebendazole twice daily for three days with a week interval. After the first cure she evacuated a big amount of tricuris trichiura, fecal evacuations became normal, geophagia disappeared and recovered 4 kg of body weight
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Assunto principal:
Tricuríase
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Colonoscopia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de etiologia
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Bol. chil. parasitol
Assunto da revista:
ALIMENTOS
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
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