Visceral larva Migrans in a Young Italian Patient: A Diagnostic Dilemma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association of fever, focal hepatic lesions and peripheral hyper-eosinophilia (FHLH) can be observed in both infectious and non-infectious conditions. Fascioliasis, capillariasis, toxocariasis, all causes of visceral larva migrans (VLM), represent most of the former, whilst lymphomas, eosinophilic leukemias and mastocytosis belong in the non-infectious conditions.

Methods

We prospectively followed a young patient presenting with FHLH in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Results

The patient was subject to serological and parasitological examination in an attempt to clarify the origin of the lesions. Serologies for both Fasciola hepatica and Toxocara spp. were positive, with the latter presenting a higher index. We opted for treatment with a prolonged course o

SUBMITTER: Francalanci E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665451 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature