[Third case of human hepatic capillariasis in Mexico].
A case of hepatic capillariasis in a 54-year-old woman confined to a mental institution is reported. The patient was transferred to the Hospital General de México for terminal care of a breast cancer; she died 12 days after admission. Hepatomegaly was observed clinically and numerous Capillaria hepatica eggs were found at autopsy. The laboratory examinations did not show eosinophilia or other abnormalities. Twenty-six cases of human hepatic capillariasis have been recorded in the world literature. This is the third case reported in Mexico: the previous two in children. Since the patient had a psychiatric condition she may have had aberrant alimentary habits. The features of C hepatica eggs stained with Jone's silver methenamine, which allows the demonstration of an internal multilayered sheath and an external layer endowed with multiple radiated canaliculi, are described in this patient.
González Barranco
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Unidad de Patología del Hospital General de México de la SSA, UNAM, México, D.F.
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Jaramillo Rodríguez
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Rodríguez-Martínez
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D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D002195:Capillaria; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged
Tercer caso de capilariasis hepática humana en México.