Liver abscess caused by Ascaris lumbricoides: case report

AUTOR(ES)

PINILLA, Análida Elizabeth, LÓPEZ, Myriam Consuelo, RICAURTE, Orlando, CASTILLO, Blanca, MURCIA, Martha Isabel, NICHOLLS, Rubén Santiago, DUQUE, Sofía, OROZCO, Luis Carlos

FONTE

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2001-12

RESUMO

A case is reported of a woman who lived in a rural area with a chronic illness that consisted of weight loss and abdominal pain in the epigastrium and upper right quadrant. The initial diagnosis was a mass in the liver, which was later, demonstrated, both by direct and histological examination, to be an abscess caused by Ascaris lumbricoides. Eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides and abundant Charcot-Leyden Crystals were found.

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