[Larva migrans syndrome: a rare differential asthma diagnosis].
We report a case of sudden-onset bronchospasm which developed in a 68-year-old patient. Peripheral eosinophila suggested several possible diagnoses. Positive serology for Toxocara canis and clinical and radiological regression without treatment were particularly noteworthy.
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017166:Toxocara canis