Ancylostomiasis differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]
Overview
Overview
Ancylostomiasis manifests in a variety of clinical forms, differentiation must be established in accordance with the particular sign and symptoms. Such as abdominal symptoms differentiated from ascariasis and trichuriasis, and parasites associated with pneumonitis and peripheral eosinophilia are Aascaris and Strongyloides species. Cutaneous manifestations are differentiated from contact dermatitis, scabies infection, migratory myiasis, and cercarial dermatitis. In infants gastrointestinal bleeding must be differentiated from other diseases that cause melena, pallor, anorexia, listlessness, and edema such as portal hypertension, Meckel’s diverticulum, or AV malformation. In adults gastrointestinal bleeding must be differentiated from other diseases such as Meckel’s diverticulum and Dieulafoy’s lesions, inflammatory bowel disease and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced small bowel disease. In older patient (>50 years old) are prone to gastrointestinal bleeding from angiectasias, adenocarcinoma, leiomyoma, and lymphoma.
Differentiating Ancylostomiasis from other Diseases
Differentiating Ancylostomiasis from other Diseases
- Ancylostomiasis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause, abdominal symptoms such as ascariasis and trichuriasis and parasites associated with pneumonitis and peripheral eosinophilia are Aascaris and Strongyloides species.[1]
- Cutaneous manifestations of ancylostomiasis are differentiated from contact dermatitis, scabies infection, migratory myiasis, and cercarial dermatitis.[2]
- As ancylostomiasis manifests in a variety of clinical forms, differentiation must be established in accordance with the particular sign and symptoms.
- In infants gastrointestinal bleeding due to hookworm disease must be differentiated from other diseases that cause bloody stools, melena, pallor, anorexia, listlessness, and edema such as portal hypertension, Meckel’s diverticulum, or AV malformation.[3]
- Adult gastrointestinal bleeding must be differentiated from other diseases such as Meckel’s diverticulum and Dieulafoy’s lesions, inflammatory bowel disease and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced small bowel disease. In older patients (>50 years old) are prone to gastrointestinal bleeding from angiectasias, adenocarcinoma, leiomyoma, and lymphoma.[4]
References
References
- ↑ Bethony J, Brooker S, Albonico M, Geiger SM, Loukas A, Diemert D; et al. (2006). “Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm”. Lancet. 367 (9521): 1521–32. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68653-4. PMID 16679166.
- ↑ Brooker S, Bethony J, Hotez PJ (2004). “Human hookworm infection in the 21st century”. Adv Parasitol. 58: 197–288. doi:10.1016/S0065-308X(04)58004-1. PMC 2268732. PMID 15603764.
- ↑ AbdAllah M (2019). “ANCYLOSTOMIASIS CAUSING UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING: REAL-TIME ENDOSCOPIC PICTURES”. Gastroenterol Nurs. 42 (2): 179–180. doi:10.1097/SGA.0000000000000423. PMID 30946305.
- ↑ Wei KY, Yan Q, Tang B, Yang SM, Zhang PB, Deng MM; et al. (2017). “Hookworm Infection: A Neglected Cause of Overt Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding”. Korean J Parasitol. 55 (4): 391–398. doi:10.3347/kjp.2017.55.4.391. PMC 5594735. PMID 28877570.
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