VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS INDUCED EOSINOPHILIC CARDIAC PSEUDOTUMOR - A CAUSE OF SUDDEN-DEATH IN A CHILD

A case of fatal cardiac larva migrans in a 10-year-old boy is describe d. The autopsy findings were quite dramatic, with a bosselated, sessil e polypoid mass involving the left ventricular myocardium and protrudi ng into the ventricular lumen. The precise morphologic characterizatio n of the zoonotic ascarid larva was impaired by advanced resorption of the larva by an inflammatory infiltrate. Nonetheless, morphometry of the larval remnants strongly suggested the raccoon ascarid, Baylisasca ris procyonis, as the causative agent.