KMID : 0882420120830040543
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Korean Journal of Medicine 2012 Volume.83 No. 4 p.543 ~ p.549
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A Case of Toxocariasis with Visceral Larva Migrans Combined with Ocular Larva Migrans
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Park Ji-Eun
Oh Mi-Jung Oh Dong-Hyun Oh In-Myung Yoo Kyoung-Hwa Im Sung-Gyu Kil Hyun-Kyung
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Abstract
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Toxocariasis is an infection in a human host caused by Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati larvae. Clinical manifestations are classified according to the organs affected, such as visceral larva migrans (VLM) and ocular larva migrans (OLM). Epidemiological evidence suggests that OLM tends to occur in the absence of systemic involvement and vice versa, which has led to two manifestations of this infection being reclassified as VLM and OLM. No case of a patient with VLM combined with OLM has been reported in Korea. Here, we report a case of VLM combined with OLM in a 51-year-old female caused by massive ingestion of raw cow meat, manyplies, and liver.
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KEYWORD
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Larva Migrans, Visceral, Larva Migrans, Ocular
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