Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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A Case of Pulmonary Infiltration with Eosinophilia in Visceral Larval Migrans by Toxocara Canis

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  • Kim, Young-Chan (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Shin, Sung-Joon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Hyung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Ok (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Shon, Jang-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Yang, Seok-Chul (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Yoon, Ho-Joo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Sung-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Ryu, Jae-Sook (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Jeong, Myung-Sook (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Korea University)
  • 김영찬 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 신성준 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이재형 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김미옥 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 손장원 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 양석철 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 윤호주 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 신동호 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박성수 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 류재숙 (한양대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 정명숙 (고려대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실)
  • Published : 2002.07.30
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Abstract

Human toxocariasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the larva of toxocara canis or cati. It is one of the most commonly reported zoonotic helminth infection in the world. Human are infected mainly by the accidental ingestion of embryonated eggs due to the pica, geophagia, the consumption of contaminated raw vegetables and poor personal hygiene particularly in childhood. In adults, the consumption of raw meat from potential paratenic hosts e.g. chickens, lambs, rabbits and dogs is a major cause of human toxocariasis. The larva can reach various organs such as the liver, lung, brain, and eye by the hematogenous spread and cause visceral larva migrans. We experience a case of pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia by visceral larva migrans after eating the raw liver and kidney of a dog.

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