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Intravital Microscopy Imaging of the Liver following Leishmania Infection: An Assessment of Hepatic Hemodynamics
Published on: July 28, 2015
Liver abscesses caused by visceral larva migrans: Aimless wanderer separated from the host
Md Ali Osama1, Shashi Dhawan2, Piyush Ranjan3
1Department of Pathology, 28856Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a systemic zoonotic parasitic disease caused by migration of the second stage larva through viscera of humans. Despite being a foremost public health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as India, larva migrans remains an untended zoonosis. Here, we report two cases of VLM who presented with fever and abdominal pain for a prolonged duration. On further investigation, marked peripheral eosinophilia with multiple confluent necrotizing eosinophilic granulomas were identified on histopathological examination of the liver.

