Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2008 Nov-Dec;50(6):355-8. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46652008000600009.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascaridida Infections / diagnosis
  • Ascaridida Infections / parasitology*
  • Ascaridida Infections / therapy
  • Ascaridoidea / classification
  • Ascaridoidea / isolation & purification*
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology*
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / therapy
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Unilateral / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Meninges / parasitology*
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Antiparasitic Agents