<i>Angiostrongylus costaricensis</i>: Systematic Review of Case Reports  

作　　者：Angela Romero-Alegría Moncef Belhassen-García Virginia Velasco-Tirado Ana Garcia-Mingo Lucia Alvela-Suárez Javier Pardo-Lledias Miguel Cordero Sánchez 

机构地区：[1]Department of Internal Medicine, CAUSA, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain [2]Department of Internal Medicine, CAUSA, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain CIETUS, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain [3]Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Palencia “Río Carrión”, Palencia, Spain

出　　处：《Advances in Infectious Diseases》2014年第1期36-41,共6页传染病进展（英文）

摘　　要：Introduction: Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is an infrequently diagnosed disease because it is little known and is usually well tolerated. Methods: We carried out a systematic review with PubMed as a search engine for the MedLine database, and we analysed the clinical, epidemiological and analytical parameters of this disease. Results: In total, reports of 27 case have been found, together with a series of 116 patients, which were later augmented up to 194 patients. In the results, we have observed a predominance of male patients, and Costa Rica, Brazil and the United States as the main countries of origin. Typical symptoms include abdominal pain on the right iliac fossa, with leukocytosis and eosinophilia. Discussion: There are some serological diagnostic methods, although lack of standardization leads to most of the diagnoses being reached via pathology. Surgery is the usual treatment approach. Although there are medical options, this is a controversial subject because of the low number of cases published in the literature, which implies an absence of solid studies.Introduction: Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is an infrequently diagnosed disease because it is little known and is usually well tolerated. Methods: We carried out a systematic review with PubMed as a search engine for the MedLine database, and we analysed the clinical, epidemiological and analytical parameters of this disease. Results: In total, reports of 27 case have been found, together with a series of 116 patients, which were later augmented up to 194 patients. In the results, we have observed a predominance of male patients, and Costa Rica, Brazil and the United States as the main countries of origin. Typical symptoms include abdominal pain on the right iliac fossa, with leukocytosis and eosinophilia. Discussion: There are some serological diagnostic methods, although lack of standardization leads to most of the diagnoses being reached via pathology. Surgery is the usual treatment approach. Although there are medical options, this is a controversial subject because of the low number of cases published in the literature, which implies an absence of solid studies.

关 键 词：ANGIOSTRONGYLUS costaricensis Abdominal ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS Acute ABDOMEN EOSINOPHILIA 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]