[Toxocarosis and acalculous acute cholecystitis: Consequence or coincidence?].
Human toxocarosis is a chronic larval parasitosis listed as one of the five most important neglected diseases by the CDC. The larvae can spread systemically and migrate to different tissues including liver and gallbladder. Acalculous acute cholecystitis (AAC) is a rare disease in children. The diagnosis is based on clinical parameters and imaging criteria. It has been reported in relation to sepsis, shock, trauma, burns, severe systemic diseases, congenital anomalies, infections and also in healthy children. We report a pediatric case of toxocarosis, with clinical symptoms and imaging criteria compatible with AAC treated medically, and discuss the relationship between toxocarosis and AAC based on published evidence.
Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile, alexisstrickler@gmail.com.
Alexis
A
Strickler
Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile.
Natalia
N
Vásquez
Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile.
Leonardo
L
Maggi
Servicio de Imagenología, Hospital Dr. Eduardo Schütz Schroeder, Puerto Montt, Chile.
Juvenal
J
Hernández
Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Dr. Eduardo Schütz Schroeder, Puerto Montt, Chile.
Ximena
X
Hidalgo
D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole