Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a dermo-epidermal parasitic infection with disproportionate incidence in developing countries, particularly in, and near tropical areas. It characterized by erythematous, twisting, linear plaques that can migrate to adjacent skin. Herein, we present an otherwise healthy 45-year-old woman who acquired pruritic, serpiginous rash localized her right medial ankle du...

A 54-year-old man with diabetes mellitus had a blood test and was found to have a blood eosinophilia (1,028/mm 3 ). Liverfunction tests were normal. A hepatic nodule was detected on screening of upper abdominal and renal sonography. Contrastenhanced computed tomography (CT) scan ( Figure 1 ) showed a small, oval, low-attenuating nodule in the right hepatic lobe. CT scans obtained 3, 6, and 10 m...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the histologic alterations in the ocular globe of mice infected with eggs of Toxocara canis, during both the acute and chronic stages of the infection. METHOD Performance of an experimental, prospective study in vivo, with right and left ocular globes [using 5 groups of 4 mice in each study; 2 white (A/J) and 2 black (C57/BL)], infected by the intravenous injection o...

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