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KMID : 0882420180930050482
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2018 Volume.93 No. 5 p.482 ~ p.486
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Eosinophilic Myocarditis-Associated Toxocariasis
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Kim Tae-Hyung
Ko Doo-Hyun
Kim Jong-Wook
Gu Ja-Joong
Oh Ji-Hong
Yoon Baek-Hyun
Lee Jae-Beom
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Abstract
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Human toxocariasis is a common helminthozoonosis due to the infestation of toxocara canis or toxocara cati larvae, and is a common cause of blood eosinophilia in Korea. Toxocariasis has various clinical manifestations depending on the involved organ, and cardiac involvement can range from asymptomatic to fulminant myocarditis with cardiogenic shock. Treatment of toxocariasis is based on corticosteroid and anthelmintic therapies. Here, we report a case of a 57-year-old male with eosinophilic myocarditis caused by toxocariasis as diagnosed via serial echocardiography follow up.
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KEYWORD
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Toxocariasis, Larva migrans, Visceral, Myocarditis
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