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Fifteen patients with human gnathostomiasis are reported from Ecuador. The name "nodular migratory eosinphilic panniculitis" is proposed because of the histopathologic and clinical changes found in two cases in which the parasite was found on biopsy.
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Infecções por Nematoides/epidemiologia , Dermatopatias Parasitárias/epidemiologia , Adulto , Equador , Eosinofilia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Gnathostoma/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Nematoides/patologia , Pele/patologia , Dermatopatias Parasitárias/patologiaRESUMO
We present the first case of lymphomatoid papulosis described in Ecuador. The clinicopathologic aspects of the disease are characteristic and make this entity different deserving its individualization . We discuss the different factors that may have some influence in clinical evolution and prognosis . The case presented is interesting because the lesions have only appeared once. Complete healing was observed after twenty days, and no relapse has been noted since then.
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Dermatopatias/patologia , Adulto , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Equador , Humanos , Masculino , Pitiríase/diagnóstico , Pitiríase/patologia , Dermatopatias/diagnósticoRESUMO
Reporting 4 cases of gnathostomiasis, a clinical review of this disease is given by the authors. In one of these cases the diagnosis could be established by evidencing the parasite. The name: nodular migratory eosinophilic panniculitis is suggested for this disease.
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Infecções por Nematoides/parasitologia , Adulto , Equador , Feminino , Gnathostoma , Humanos , Larva Migrans/parasitologia , Larva Migrans/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Nematoides/patologiaAssuntos
Larva Migrans/epidemiologia , Infecções por Nematoides/epidemiologia , Adulto , Equador , Eosinofilia/etiologia , Feminino , Gnathostoma/anatomia & histologia , Gnathostoma/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Larva Migrans/diagnóstico , Larva Migrans/parasitologia , Masculino , Infecções por Nematoides/diagnóstico , Pele/parasitologiaRESUMO
Three cases of Peruvian Verruca, one autoctonous from the town of Guayaquil (Ecuador), are described by the authors. A comparative study with the Peruvian cases is made.