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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: what does the rheumatologist must know about it?
Author(s) -
PALOMINOS Penélope Esther,
MASSIGNAN Angela,
MONTICIELO Odirlei André,
BORTOLI Rodrigo,
KOHEM Charles,
CRUZ Dennis Baroni,
KEISERMAN Briele,
MUSTAFÁ Yasser,
BRENOL João Carlos Tavares,
XAVIER Ricardo Machado
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of rheumatic diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1756-185X
pISSN - 1756-1841
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-185x.2009.01421.x
Subject(s) - angiostrongyliasis , medicine , abdomen , ileum , differential diagnosis , abdominal pain , pathology , necrosis , gastroenterology , surgery , angiostrongylus cantonensis , immunology , helminths
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) is a disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis , a nematode that can infect humans accidentally through the ingestion of larvae. Worms live inside intestinal small vessels and can lead to gastrointestinal symptoms and bowel necrosis in otherwise healthy patients. Therefore, abdominal angiostrongyliasis may be important in the differential diagnosis with systemic vasculitides and other rheumatic diseases with vascular involvement. We report a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in an 18‐year‐old woman presenting with necrosis of the terminal ileum.