Eosinophilia for years in a patient with antibodies directed against larva migrans visceralis
Leibetseder, F.
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 131(7): 185-188
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5341 PMID: 7245782 Document Number: 177505
A report is given on a 60 years old male patient with a varying eosinophilia and leucocytosis during a period of 8 years. The patient was suffering from coronary heart disease, which finally was the cause of death. Antibodies against larva migrans universalis were identified with the Ouchterlony technique as well as with the microprecipitation test for living toxocara larva twice within a period of 3 years. The post mortem examination showed severe sequelae of the coronary heart disease with callosities and aneurysma, whereas parasitic granulomas were missed. The question is discussed if the eosinophilia may be a sequela of the coronary heart disease or a result of an infection with larva migrans visceralis, in spite of the lack of a histological evidence.