<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 

作者机构：Department of Internal Medicine CAUSA IBSAL Salamanca Spain Department of Internal Medicine CAUSA IBSAL Salamanca Spain CIETUS University of Salamanca Salamanca Spain Department of Internal Medicine General Hospital of Palencia “Río Carrión” Palencia Spain 

出 版 物：《Advances in Infectious Diseases》 (传染病进展（英文）)

年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第1期

页      面：36-41页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Angiostrongylus costaricensis Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis Acute Abdomen Eosinophilia 

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.