[Eosinophilic granulomatous hepatitis. Apropos of a case of toxocariasis].
The author reports an anatomoclinical observation of eosinophilic granulomatous hepatitis due to toxocariasis. The problems of the histologic differential diagnosis are discussed. Human cases of parasitic infestation by Toxacara canis--larva migrans syndrome--are quite uncommon (1, 2). In the acute stage the hepatic lesion most often consists in eosinophilic granulomatous hepatitis. The chance finding of an eosinophilic granuloma in a puncture biopsy of the liver may rise problems as concerns the histological differential diagnosis, especially when there is no clinical evidence of a parasitosis and when no parasite is found in the biospy specimen.
D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
Hépatite granulomateuse à éosinophiles. A propos d'un cas de toxocarose.