Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: a case with severe evolution.
A case of acute abdomen disease caused by abdominal angiostrongyliasis is reported. A 42-year-old otherwise healthy patient presented with a complaint of nine days of abdominal pain, constipation, disury, fever and right iliac fossa palpable mass. Exploratory laparotomy was performed. After surgical treatment the patient presented serious complications.
dos Santos
José Wellington Alves
JW
Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Brasil. jwasb@terra.com.br
Zambenedetti
Ricardo Morgental
RM
Mann
Keli Cristina
KC
da Rocha
Marta Pires
MP
Morais
Ewerton Nunes
EN
Graeff-Teixeira
Carlos
C
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D017185:Angiostrongylus cantonensis / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth