[Human trichinosis. A case simulating polymyositis].
The human trichinosis is a cosmopolitan rare zoonosis in Mexico. It presents clinically, with an infectious toxic pattern. Typical symptomatology includes: fever, diarrhea, facial edema and myalgias, which can resemble other illnesses like typhoid fever, angioneurotic edema, septicemia, rheumatic disease-like vasculitis and dermato-polymyositis. The treatment is based on the use of antiparasites. In this paper a trichinosis case is described in a woman, 29 years old who lives in the metropolitan area, with a clinical pattern that suggest polymyositis. The diagnosis was confirmed through a muscle biopsy. The treatment was albendazole and prednisone with successful results.
Hospital General Regional 25, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, México. cerverach@aol.com
Hernando
H
Cervera-Castillo
Verónica
V
Torres-Caballero
Elsa
E
Martínez-García
Francisco
F
Blanco-Favela
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis*