Korean J Med.
2012 Oct;83(4):543-549.
A Case of Toxocariasis with Visceral Larva Migrans Combined with Ocular Larva Migrans
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. mjoh@dmc.or.kr
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
Abstract
- Toxocariasis is an infection in a human host caused by Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati larvae. Clinical manifestations are classified according to the organs affected, such as visceral larva migrans (VLM) and ocular larva migrans (OLM). Epidemiological evidence suggests that OLM tends to occur in the absence of systemic involvement and vice versa, which has led to two manifestations of this infection being reclassified as VLM and OLM. No case of a patient with VLM combined with OLM has been reported in Korea. Here, we report a case of VLM combined with OLM in a 51-year-old female caused by massive ingestion of raw cow meat, manyplies, and liver.
