A clinical case of visceral toxocariasis as a cause of eosinophilic polyserositis

Abstract

The aim of the present report is to describe a clinical case of toxocariasis. 37-year - old man was admitted to Pirogov Municipal Clinical Hospital No.1 in Moscow. He was presented with intense generalized abdominal pain. Three months before the described hospitalization, the patient had acute bronchitis, then pneumonia. During the examination there were found hyperthermia, ascites, shortness of breath, sweating, hypereosinophilia. Patient lost 8 kilos over the last 6 months. There were arisen many hypotheses, however, after a more detailed survey about patient’s life it turned out that he travelled a lot. So that the parasitosis became the main conjecture, which later was confirmed by serological tests.

Keywords

• eosinophilia
• hypereosinophilia
• ascites
• polyserositis
• toxocariasis
• ascariasis
• cross reaction
• parasitosis