Toxocara canis and Toxocara catis

mopolitan roundworms that infect dogs, especially puppies, and cats. T. canis infection in humans occurs by ingestion of the embryonic eggs, which are shed in the feces of infected dogs. Toxocariasis is manifested in three different syndromes: visceral larva migrans (VLM), ocular larva migrans (OLM), and covert toxocariasis (1, 2). VLM is usually a disease of children 1 to 6 year old, and it may cause hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, fever and pulmonary symptoms (3). Unlike children, VLM is less common in adults where it is, usually a benign and self-limited condition; the pulmonary and hepatic involvement of VLM has rarely been described. We report here on a case of VLM due to T. canis in an immunocompetent male patient who presented with cough, pleuritic chest pain, eosinophilia associated with an elevated serum Ig E level, and CT findings including multiple focal air space consolidations in the lungs, bilateral pleural effusion and hepatic nodules. Case Report