[Toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans). A report of a case in an adopted child].

A case of asymptomatic toxocariasis in a Brazilian adopted child with hypereosinophilia is described. The diagnosis is confirmed by measuring specific IgG antibodies anti-Toxocara and, in the light of growing adoptions of children coming from low standard of living extra-European countries, the authors note the importance of investigating also on those parasitosis until today rather infrequent in our country.