Table 1 |
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Literature review of duodenal obstruction caused by Strongyloides stercoralis infection (1970-2010). |
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Author |
Year |
Age |
Gender |
Country |
Associated disease |
WBC/eosinophils |
Surgery |
Diagnosis |
Treatment |
Outcome |
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Cohen & Spry13 |
1979 |
40 |
M |
England |
lymphoma |
16.500/4% |
SB resection |
DA, EGD+bx |
thiabendazole * |
Dead |
|
Zyngier et al.14 |
1983 |
30 |
M |
Brazil |
no |
NR/0% |
gastrojejunostomy |
GA, sputum |
thiabendazole † |
Alive |
|
Lee & Terry15 |
1989 |
15 |
M |
Jamaica |
no |
4.400/NR |
no |
stool analysis |
thiabendazole ‡ |
Alive |
|
1989 |
19 |
F |
Jamaica |
no |
10.000/NR |
no |
DA |
thiabendazole |
Alive |
|
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Friedenberg et al.16 |
1999 |
40 |
M |
USA |
HTLV-1 infection |
35.500/1% |
no |
EGD+bx |
thiabendazole |
Dead |
|
Harish et al.9 |
2005 |
45 |
M |
India |
no |
12.000/14% |
no |
DA, EGD+bx |
ivermectin |
Alive |
|
Suvarna et al.17 |
2005 |
70 |
M |
India |
no |
11.000/(220/μL) |
no |
EGD+bx |
ivermectin # |
Alive |
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Juchems et al.18 |
2008 |
63 |
M |
Germany |
no |
10.500/NR |
partial gastrectomy |
surgical specimen |
ivermectin |
Alive |
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Current case |
2010 |
42 |
F |
Brazil |
no |
14.900/0% |
duodenal resection |
surgical specimen |
ivermectin + albendazole |
Dead |
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NR, not reported; WBC, white blood cell count; DA, duodenal aspirate; GA, gastric aspirate; EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy; SB small bowel; bx, biopsy; HTLV-1, Human T-lymphotropic virus Type I * small bowel resection after medical treatment for strongyloidiasis showed poorly differentiate small bowel lymphoma † patient underwent to a gastrojejunostomy; diagnosis was made after surgery by EGD + gastric aspirate ‡ patient presented new episode of duodenal obstruction 6 years after the initial treatment/recurrent strongyloidiasis # initially treated with albendazole without success. |
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Cruz et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:23 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-5-23 |
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