12/03/2012

Capillariasis heart

The liver is a rare parasitic capillariasis in humans, caused by Capillaria hepatica, a parasitic nematode from 2-10 cm, which lives in the hearts of mice and other mammals. Symptoms consisting of fever, hepatomegaly, and elevated eosinophilia. Capillariasis may resemble liver hepatitis or liver abscess. Pathophysiology is derived by the invasion of the liver by adult worms and eggs, the latter causing granulomas. This is serious if left untreated. The diagnosis is made only by the identification of parasites or eggs in the liver biopsy or autopsy.

The life cycle of Capillaria liver performed when an infected animal dies and liver, eggs contain, decomposes on earth. Also, when carnivores eat the liver of infected animals and remove the eggs with dirt on the ground.

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