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Case | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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History and clinical complaint | Routine visit | Routine visit | Routine visit; sporadic coughing | Routine visit; sporadic coughing | Routine visit | Exercise intolerance and cough for 2 months | Epistaxis, hemoptysis cough, and depression for 2 months, inappetence and unilateral hyphema for 2-3 days | Cough, fever, depression, inappetence for 1 month, several respiratory crises for 2 days | Cough for 5 months, progressive abdomen distension for 2 months | Decreased vision for 1 year, sporadic coughing |
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Clinical findings | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Expiratory dyspnea | Unilateral hyphema, pale mucous | Dyspnea, fever | Abdomen distention | Partial retinal detachment |
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Thoracic auscultation | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Rales and wheezing | Normal | Muffling of the heart sounds, loud bronchovesicular sound | Few rales at the end of inspiration | Rales on stimulation of coughing, loud bronchovesicular sound |
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Thoracic radiographs | Normal | Circular areas of radiopacity | Circular areas of radiopacity | Circular areas of radiopacity | Circular areas of radiopacity | Diffuse interstitial-bronchial pulmonary pattern, dilatation of the right heart | Diffuse interstitial-bronchial pulmonary pattern, dilatation of right heart | Moderate bilateral pleural effusion, diffuse interstitial pulmonary pattern, alveolar pattern in the cranial left lobe | Diffuse interstitial-bronchial pulmonary pattern, pulmonary artery trunks, dilatation of the right heart | Diffuse interstitial pulmonary pattern |
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Diagnosis | L1 with Baermann | L1 with Baermann | L1 with Baermann | L1 with Baermann | L1 on direct fecal smear | L1 with Baermann | L1 on direct fecal smear | L1 in the pleural effusion and faeces | L1 on direct fecal smear | L1 with Baermann |
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Therapy | Im/Mox every 15 days for 3 times | Im/Mox every 15 days for 3 times | Im/Mox every 15 days for 3 times | Im/Mox every 15 days for 3 times | Im/Mox every 15 days for 3 times | Fenbendazole 25 mg/kg, OS q 12 h for 21 days | Fenbendazole 25 mg/Kg, OS, q12 h for 21 days | Fenbendazole 25 mg/kg, OS q 12 h for 21 days | Fenbendazole 25 mg/kg, OS q 12 h for 21 days | Fenbendazole 25 mg/kg, OS q 12 h for 21 days |
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Clinical recovery | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | After 1 week | 1 week (ocular problems solved in 2 months) | After 1 week | After 2 weeks | After 2 weeks |
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Remission of radiographic signs | — | 2 months | N.K. | 3 months | 2 months | 5 months | N.K. | N.K. | N.K. | N.K. |
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