Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: what does the rheumatologist must know about it?
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.
Palominos
Penélope Esther
PE
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
Massignan
Angela
A
Monticielo
Odirlei André
OA
Bortoli
Rodrigo
R
Kohem
Charles
C
Cruz
Dennis Baroni
DB
Keiserman
Briele
B
Mustafá
Yasser
Y
Brenol
João Carlos Tavares
JC
Xavier
Ricardo Machado
RM
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*