Toxocariasis mimicking liver, lung, and spinal cord metastases from retinoblastoma

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-254

  Ota, Kaede V ^a   Dimaras, Helen ^a   Héon, Elise ^a   Babyn, Paul S ^a   Yau, Yvonne C W ^a   Read, Stanley ^a   Budning, Andrew ^a   Gallie, Brenda L ^a   Chan, Helen S L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albendazole therapy; Metastasis; MRI surveillance; Retinoblastoma; Toxocara canis; Toxocara catis; Toxocariasis; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TOXOCARIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA TUMOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TOXOCARA;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 63449125441     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818a896d     Document Type: Article

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