Hepatic larva migrans presenting with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage: A case report.
Ranjan Kumar PatelShruti MittalPublished in: SA journal of radiology (2021)
Visceral larva migrans (VLM) occurs because of a host inflammatory response to the migrating larvae of a nematode. Patients usually present with fever, hepatomegaly and abdominal pain; vascular arterial complications are uncommon. A 19-year female presented with fever, jaundice, abdominal discomfort and melena. Computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple discrete, clustered, complex hepatic cystic lesions consistent with VLM, along with an arterial pseudoaneurysm from the right hepatic artery which was managed with endovascular coil embolisation.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- abdominal pain
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- positron emission tomography
- image quality
- dual energy
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- oxidative stress
- contrast enhanced
- insulin resistance
- risk factors
- single cell
- metabolic syndrome
- drosophila melanogaster