Acute Eosinophilic Monoarthritis in a Patient with Toxocariasis.
10.3904/kjm.2018.93.4.409
- Author:
Jaehyung HUR
1
;
You Jung HA
;
Sang Wan CHUNG
;
Eun Ha KANG
;
Yeong Wook SONG
;
Yun Jong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. n35@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Toxocariasis;
Arthritis;
Synovial fluid;
Eosinophilia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Arthritis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Eosinophilia;
Eosinophils*;
Female;
Helminthiasis;
Humans;
Joints;
Korea;
Synovial Fluid;
Toxocariasis*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2018;93(4):409-412
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Eosinophilic synovial effusion is rarely observed in patients with inflammatory nature of synovial fluid, and the differential diagnosis includes parasitic arthritis. Toxocariasis is the one of the most common forms of helminthiasis worldwide and has been reported as a common cause of peripheral blood eosinophilia in Korea. However, joint involvement has been rarely reported in adults with toxocariasis in the English-language literature. Here, we report the first Korean case of a female presenting with acute monoarthritis with an increased number of eosinophils in the peripheral blood and synovial fluid, who was finally diagnosed with toxocariasis.
