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A Miniti

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Human lagochilascariasis treated successfully with ivermectin: a case report.

A 15 year old male patient was diagnosed as being infected with the nematode Lagochilascaris minor, presenting as abscesses over the left mastoid region, and invading the temporal bone, mastoid sinuses and possibly the CNS. Surgical drainage and administration of cambendazole and levamisole led to improvement, followed by an early relapse and poor tolerance to the antihelminthic drugs. Repeated doses of ivermectin (an animal preparation) were used for the first time to treat this condition and resulted in complete remission of signs of infection, maintained for 15 months after the end of drug therapy, indicating cure of the disease.

Adolescent↗
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Septic thrombosis of orbital vessels due to cutaneous nasal infection.

The authors describe two cases of cutaneous nose infection that quickly spread and extended to the orbital venous complex. At first glance, the clinical presentation could be mistaken for a complicated sinusal infection; therefore, the evaluation of the sinuses, by means of physical examination and radiological investigation, was of great concern, showing that there was no important pathology in the sinuses. The CT scan and the color Doppler imaging (orbital ultrasound with Doppler) demonstrated, throughout the development of the disease, that the superior ophthalmic vein was affected in both patients and the cavernous sinus in one of them. On physical examination, chemosis of the conjunctiva, proptosis, and edema of the eyelids were prominent. Patients improved only after appropriate intravenous antibiotic therapy against staphylococcus (clindamycin) and corticosteroids, making one conclude that treatment of this disease should be initiated as soon as possible in order to decrease morbidity and mortality.

Adult↗