HEPATIC TOXOCARIASIS IN A CHILD: A CASE REPORT FROM SHIRAZ, SOUTHERN IRAN

T is a zoonotic disease caused by the larval stage of Toxocara species. Humans are infected by ingestion of embryonated eggs in the soil or through contaminated hands and fomites (1). These clinical entities have been recognized in humans: Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM), Ocular Larva Migrans (OLM) and Covert Toxocariasis (CT). Most commonly, VLM is a febrile disease of childhood, particularly affecting children between the age of one and five (2). Focal hepatic lesions which are common in VLM and preportal lymph node enlargements have been reported in patients evaluated sonographically (3). We reported serological, pathological and imaging findings of a child with hepatic toxocariasis.