[Capillaria hepatica. Report of the 2nd cased found in the Mexican Republic].
The 2nd. case of Capillaria hepatica seen in the Mexican Republic is reported together with clinical and laboratory findings of the visceral larva migrans syndrome, diagnosis which was made at the Hospital of Specialties of the Mexican Social Security Institute at Puebla, Pue. Mex. Same considerations are made regarding the biological cycle, its morphological characteristics and a review of the present state of the pathology, evolution and prognosis of the illness is made, focusing the attention to an immunological trend, as a close origin of the illness. Thus, it is concluded that an early recognition and diagnosis leads to an a adequate treatment that will be benifical to this kind of patients.
D002195:Capillaria; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*
Capillaria hepatica. Reporte del segundo caso observado en la República Mexicana.