PMID: 8966393Jul 1, 1996Paper

Third case of human hepatic capillariasis in Mexico

Revista de investigación clínica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutrición
D González BarrancoH A Rodríguez-Martínez

Abstract

A case of hepatic capillariasis in a 54-year-old woman confined to a mental institution is reported. The patient was transferred to the Hospital General de México for terminal care of a breast cancer; she died 12 days after admission. Hepatomegaly was observed clinically and numerous Capillaria hepatica eggs were found at autopsy. The laboratory examinations did not show eosinophilia or other abnormalities. Twenty-six cases of human hepatic capillariasis have been recorded in the world literature. This is the third case reported in Mexico: the previous two in children. Since the patient had a psychiatric condition she may have had aberrant alimentary habits. The features of C hepatica eggs stained with Jone's silver methenamine, which allows the demonstration of an internal multilayered sheath and an external layer endowed with multiple radiated canaliculi, are described in this patient.

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