Human Proliferative Sparganosis in Venezuela: Report of a Case *

Moulinier, R.; Martínez, Eduardo; Torres, Jaime R.; Noya, Óscar; Noya, B Alarcón de; Reyes, Orlando

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1982.31.358

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“…Leukocytosis and marked eosinophilia is seen, however, with the proliferative form ( Sparganum proliferum ) that is accompanied by systemic illness and disseminated serpiginous cutaneous lesions that are extremely pruritic [162-164]. This form has also been reported to manifest years after the typical subcutaneous nodules have resolved [163]. Eosinophilia can also be seen with CNS manifestations (see Table 3).…”

Section: Eosinophilia In Indigenous Population (Immigrant/refugeementioning

confidence: 99%

Eosinophilia in Infectious Diseases

O’Connell

Nutman

2015

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

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Section: Eosinophilia In Indigenous Population (Immigrant/refugeementioning

confidence: 99%

Eosinophilia in Infectious Diseases

O’Connell

Nutman

2015

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

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“…Attempts to treat human cases with mebendazole and praziquantel have not been successful 3,20,29 . Therefore, the only available treatment consists of the surgical removal of the larva 32 .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The natural hosts are wild and domestic canines and felines 20 . These animals release embryonated eggs (coradicia) in their feces.…”

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Human ocular sparganosis in southern Brazil

Mentz

Procianoy

Maestri

et al. 2011

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYWe report the first case of human ocular sparganosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A young female patient presented with three periocular moveable inflammatory masses in her right eye, during two years. By surgical excisional biopsy, a helminth larval stage was removed and identified as sparganum. Clinical, laboratory and epidemiological data on this parasite are presented.

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“…There is no effective medical treatment for CNS sparganosis and treatment of peripheral sparganosis is often ineffective, with reports of resistance to praziquantel and mebendazole when immature forms of the parasite are present (Moulinier et al, 1982; Sohn et al, 1993; Kim et al, 1996). Complete or partial excision of the parasite is considered the treatment of choice (Mineura and Mori, 1980; Chan et al, 1987) and is often curative.…”

Section: Sparganosismentioning

confidence: 99%