Atypical Clinical Forms of Trichiniasis
Authors: Lewis A. Conner
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 October 1929Atypical Clinical Forms of TrichiniasisLEWIS A. CONNERLEWIS A. CONNERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-3-4-353 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTrichiniasis in this country is far from being a rare disease, yet it seems not to have established itself in the mind of the average practitioner as one of those diseases to be thought of and watched for. For this attitude there are doubtless many reasons, but one of these seems to be the fact that there still exists the feeling, carried over from the early writings upon the subject, that trichiniasis occurs usually in the form of epidemics; whereas in point of fact most of the cases met with occur either as sporadic isolated examples or in groups of...References1 BLUMER : Trichiniasis. Nelson Looseleaf Medicine, vol. 11, p. 453. Google Scholar2 BARTLETT : Report of a Case of Acute Trichiniasis without Eosinophilia. Yale Med. Jour., 1908-09, xv, 229. Google Scholar3 HOWARD : Report of a Fatal Case of Trichiniasis without Eosinophilia, but with Large Numbers of Eosinophilic Cells in the Muscle Lesions. Philadelphia Med. Jour., 1899, iv, 1,085. Google Scholar4 MAASSEZONDEK : Bemerkenswerte Befunde bei Trichinose. Műnch. med. Wchnschr., 1917, lxiv, 968. Google Scholar5 GREGG : Acute Trichiniasis without Initial Eosinophilia. Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., 1909, clxi, 932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 CABOT : Discussion, Trans. Ass. Am. Phys., 1910, xxv, 286. Google Scholar7 MEYER J: Trichinosis: A Report of Three Cases Simulating Meningitis, with the Finding of Trichina Larvae in Spinal Fluid. Jour. Am. Med. Ass., 1918, lxx, 588. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 VAN COTTLINTZ : Jour. Am. Med. Ass., 1914, lxii, 680. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 MCDONALDWADDELL : An Epidemic of Trichinosis. Jour. Am. Med. Ass., 1929, xcii, 449. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 MACKENTY : Trichinosis of the Upper Respiratory Passages, with Report of Cases. Amer. Medicine, 1908, n.s. iii, 69. Google Scholar11 PRATT EL: Trichinosis Simulating Frontal Sinusitis; a Report of Three Cases. Jour. Am. Med. Ass., 1915, lxv, 1,277. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 THOMASCOOPER : Trichiniasis with Predominant Symptoms Referable to Eyes and Frontal Sinuses. Am. Jour. Ophthal., 1924, vii, 511. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York*With the kind permission of my colleague Dr. W. R. Williams I have included with my own those cases that have occurred upon his service.†Presented at the Boston meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 9, 1929. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBear Meat Trichinosis Profound Serum Protein Alterations, Minor Eosinophilia, and Response to ThiabendazoleRODMAN WILSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.AN ATYPICAL CASE OF TRICHINOSIS WITH REPORT OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC FINDINGS*STANLEY MARCUS, M.D., ROBERT V. MILLER JR., M.D. 1 October 1929Volume 3, Issue 4Page: 353-359KeywordsEmotions ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...