Korean J Med.  2018 Oct;93(5):482-486. 10.3904/kjm.2018.93.5.482.

Eosinophilic Myocarditis-Associated Toxocariasis

• Kim TH
• Ko DH
• Kim JW
• Gu JJ
• Oh JH
• Yoon BH
• Lee JB

• KMID: 2446992
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2018.93.5.482

Abstract

Human toxocariasis is a common helminthozoonosis due to the infestation of toxocara canis or toxocara cati larvae, and is a common cause of blood eosinophilia in Korea. Toxocariasis has various clinical manifestations depending on the involved organ, and cardiac involvement can range from asymptomatic to fulminant myocarditis with cardiogenic shock. Treatment of toxocariasis is based on corticosteroid and anthelmintic therapies. Here, we report a case of a 57-year-old male with eosinophilic myocarditis caused by toxocariasis as diagnosed via serial echocardiography follow up.

Keyword

Toxocariasis; Larva migrans, Visceral; Myocarditis

MeSH Terms

Echocardiography
Eosinophilia
Eosinophils*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Korea
Larva
Larva Migrans, Visceral
Male
Middle Aged
Myocarditis
Shock, Cardiogenic
Toxocara
Toxocara canis
Toxocariasis*