title: Lagochilascariasis leading to severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges.
abstract: A case report of a 31 year-old woman from Paraíba State (North-Eastern Brazil) that presented severe involvement of ocular globes, ears and meninges. Diagnosis was established after enucleation of her left eye, when adult worms were seen in the midst of a granulomatous inflammatory process. Her response to the initial treatment with levamisole and cambendazole was good, but there was a relapse after the fifth month of treatment even with maintenance doses of both medications. She later received ivermectin and albendazol and responded well.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. renata_aquino@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Renata T R
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Aquino
authors.forename: Maria E R
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Magliari
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vital Filho
authors.forename: Maria A L G
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Carlos A da Conceição
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Antonio J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Carlos J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rewin
authors.forename: Tatiana R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Nahas
authors.forename: Pedro Paulo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chieffi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008578:Meninges / Q000469:parasitology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D000977:Antiparasitic Agents