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A Unique Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans and Asymptomatic Löeffler’s Syndrome

Cutaneous larva migrans is a fairly common parasitic skin disease typically found in more tropical climates such as the southeastern United States, with the most commonly encountered organism known as the hookworm, Ancylostoma braziliense. Löeffler’s syndrome is a rare pulmonary manifestation with v...

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Autores principales: Ng, Jason, Lee, Daniel, Kryzstofiak, Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8315144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34336455
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15960
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description Cutaneous larva migrans is a fairly common parasitic skin disease typically found in more tropical climates such as the southeastern United States, with the most commonly encountered organism known as the hookworm, Ancylostoma braziliense. Löeffler’s syndrome is a rare pulmonary manifestation with vague diagnostic criteria but frequently characterized by diffuse migratory pulmonary infiltrates on imaging studies with accompanying serum eosinophilia. Here, we present a unique case of Löeffler’s syndrome secondary to cutaneous larva migrans.
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spelling pubmed-83151442021-07-29 A Unique Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans and Asymptomatic Löeffler’s Syndrome Ng, Jason Lee, Daniel Kryzstofiak, Marek Cureus Internal Medicine Cutaneous larva migrans is a fairly common parasitic skin disease typically found in more tropical climates such as the southeastern United States, with the most commonly encountered organism known as the hookworm, Ancylostoma braziliense. Löeffler’s syndrome is a rare pulmonary manifestation with vague diagnostic criteria but frequently characterized by diffuse migratory pulmonary infiltrates on imaging studies with accompanying serum eosinophilia. Here, we present a unique case of Löeffler’s syndrome secondary to cutaneous larva migrans. Cureus 2021-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8315144/ /pubmed/34336455 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15960 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ng et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title A Unique Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans and Asymptomatic Löeffler’s Syndrome
title_full A Unique Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans and Asymptomatic Löeffler’s Syndrome
title_fullStr A Unique Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans and Asymptomatic Löeffler’s Syndrome
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title_short A Unique Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans and Asymptomatic Löeffler’s Syndrome
title_sort unique case of cutaneous larva migrans and asymptomatic löeffler’s syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8315144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34336455
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15960
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