Author/Authors :
Kazemi Aghdam، Maryam نويسنده Pediatric Pathology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , , Karimi، Abdollah نويسنده , , Amanati، Ali نويسنده Hamadan University of Medical sciences, Hamadan, Iran , , Ghoroubi، Javad نويسنده Department of Surgery, Mofid Children Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , , Khoddami، Maliheh نويسنده , , Shamsian، Bibi-Shahin نويسنده , , shamsizadeh، Ahmad نويسنده Infectious and Tropical Disease Research Center, Aboozar Children Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , , Zahedi Far، Sara نويسنده Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ,
Abstract :
Capillaria hepatica (Calodium hepaticum) is a parasite that cause very rare but life threatening infection in human beings. The current paper reports a case of Capillaria hepatica infection in a four-year-old boy which presented with fever, hepatomegaly, peripheral eosinophilia, and noticeable weight loss. The diagnosis was made on the histological finding of degenerated nematode in the liver. He improved clinically by corticosteroid and albendazole therapy. Capillaria hepatica should be considered in differential diagnoses in any child with fever, hepatomegaly, eosinophilia and hyperglobulinemia
