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.
Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Brasil. jwasb@terra.com.br
José Wellington Alves
JW
dos Santos
Ricardo Morgental
RM
Zambenedetti
Keli Cristina
KC
Mann
Marta Pires
MP
da Rocha
Ewerton Nunes
EN
Morais
Carlos
C
Graeff-Teixeira
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