Perforated Acute Abdomen in a Immunossuppressed Patient due to Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection Syndrome

Luis Felipe Gomes de Souza and Livia Gabriélle Silva Carvalho

International Journal of Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 08, 1-3

Abstract: Strongyloidiasis is caused by Strongyloides stercoralis, an endemic parasite in tropical regions of the world. The symptoms are mostly indolent and related to the gastrointestinal tract, however in immunosuppressed individuals, the disease can escalate to critical conditions due to a hyperinfection. This study aims to report a case of an elderly patient in oncologic treatment for a laryngeal cancer, who presented a perforated acute abdomen that required emergency laparotomy with an enterectomy, whose anatomopathological analysis revealed an important Strongyloides infection.

Keywords: Strongyloidiasis; Hyperinfection Syndrome; Intestinal Perforation; Immunosuppression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.2481

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