Infecção humana por Lagochilascaris minor com envolvimento ocular, auditivo e das meninges

• Autor(a) principal: Aquino, Renata T.R.
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Magliari, Maria E.R., Vital Filho, José, Silva, Maria A.L.G., Conceição Lima, Carlos A. da, Rocha, Antonio J., Silva, Carlos J., Rewin, Jonathan A., Nahas, Tatiana R., Chieffi, Pedro Paulo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/31220
• topic: Lagochilascaris minor; Lagochilascariasis; Ocular involvement

A case report of a 31 year-old woman from Paraíba State (North-Eastern Brazil) that presented severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges. Diagnosis was established after enucleation of her left eye, when adult worms were seen in the midst of a granulomatous inflammatory process. Her response to the initial treatment with levamisole and cambendazole was good, but there was a relapse after the fifth month of treatment even with maintenance doses of both medications. She later received ivermectin and albendazol and responded well.