title: Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: what does the rheumatologist must know about it?
abstract: Abdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) is a disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode that can infect humans accidentally through the ingestion of larvae. Worms live inside intestinal small vessels and can lead to gastrointestinal symptoms and bowel necrosis in otherwise healthy patients. Therefore, abdominal angiostrongyliasis may be important in the differential diagnosis with systemic vasculitides and other rheumatic diseases with vascular involvement. We report a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in an 18-year-old woman presenting with necrosis of the terminal ileum.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. penelopepalominos@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Penélope Esther
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Palominos
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massignan
authors.forename: Odirlei André
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Monticielo
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bortoli
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kohem
authors.forename: Dennis Baroni
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Briele
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keiserman
authors.forename: Yasser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mustafá
authors.forename: João Carlos Tavares
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brenol
authors.forename: Ricardo Machado
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Xavier
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012219:Rheumatology; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*