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Clinical, Laboratory and Radiological Features of Paragonimi-asis Misdiagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2022
Background: Paragonimiasis presents with nonspecific symptoms and radiologic findings, allowing for the possibility of misdiagnosis. Diagnosis is generally delayed due to lack of suspicion and presentation similar to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Bishesh Sharma Poudyal, Bishal Paudel, Bidesh Bista, Gentle Sunder Shrestha, Prajwal Pudasaini   +4 more
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Case Report: Intermittent Chest Pain With Cough, Fever, and Pericardial Effusion Over the Course of 1 Year in an 11-Year-Old Girl

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
An 11-year-old girl presented with frequent chest pain, fever, and a cough that she had had for more than 13 months, as well as pleural effusion and large pericardial effusion.
Jing Chen, Lu Qin, Lan-Fang Tang
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Analysis of the misdiagnosis of 8 adult cases of paragonimiasis with lung masses as the main manifestation in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Objective To summarize the clinical characteristics of adult cases of paragonimiasis with lung masses as the main manifestation in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, analyze the causes of misdiagnosis, and improve the levels of clinical diagnosis and ...
Qiu-Hong Shu, Yang Yang, Shu-De Li, Jun-Sheng Zhao, Sheng-Hao Li, Miao-Miao Wang, Wei-Qun Wang, Ming Tian, Shu-Mei-Qi He, Zhi-Qiang Ma, Min Zhu, Wen-Lin Wang   +11 more
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Systems biology studies of adult Paragonimus lung flukes facilitate the identification of immunodominant parasite antigens [PDF]

, 2014
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne trematode infection acquired by eating raw or undercooked crustaceans. It is a major public health problem in the far East, but it also occurs in South Asia, Africa, and in the Americas. Paragonimus worms cause chronic lung
Curtis, Kurt C, Fischer, Peter U, McNulty, Samantha N, Mitreva, Makedonka, Townsend, R Reid, Weil, Gary J   +5 more
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The first case report of Paragonimus westermani infection diagnosed by transbronchial lung cryobiopsy

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
We report a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis diagnosed by transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC). TBLC is likely to be a superior method to transbronchial forceps biopsy because TBLC can get larger specimens, resulting in a higher chance of containing the
Ka Eun Kim, Sung Soo Jung, Hee Sun Park, Jeong Eun Lee, Chaeuk Chung, Da Hyun Kang, Song-I Lee, Jeong Suk Koh, Dongil Park   +8 more
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Paragonimus westermani infection in lung: A confounding diagnostic entity

Lung India, 2015
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by the genus Paragonimus. Fresh water snails, crabs, and crayfish are the first and second intermediate hosts, respectively.
Shivani Kalhan, Pankaj Sharma, Sonia Sharma, Neha Kakria, Sharmila Dudani, Anshu Gupta   +5 more
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Pulmonary Paragonimiasis

Journal of Bronchology, 2005
A 27-year-old married male from Lamdeng village of Imphal West District, Manipur presented with cough, fever, haemoptysis, anorexia and weight loss, and was treated with antituberculosis drugs continuously for one year without improvement. He also had history of ingestion of raw crabs.
Shin Hirayama, Takeshi Shiraishi, Takayuki Shirakusa, Koji Inuzuka, Akinori Iwasaki, Katsunobu Kawahara   +5 more
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Massive pleural effusion due to paragonimiasis: Biochemical, cytological, and parasitological findings

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2014
Paragonimiasis is an important food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by trematode species of the genus, Paragonimus occurring in many parts of the world except in Australia and Antarctica. In India, it is an emerging parasitic disease, which is endemic in
Takhellambam Shantikumar Singh, Hiromu Sugiyama, Chultin Lepcha, Satish Kumar Khanna   +3 more
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A 48 year old male with wandering pleural effusion and pulmonary infiltration

European Journal of Inflammation, 2021
We reported a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis presenting as wandering pleural effusion and pulmonary infiltration. The patient had an explicit history of eating raw freshwater crabs 6 months earlier, and a test for serum antibodies to paragonimus was ...
Weiwei Ning, Limin Yang, Yanbin Chen, Cheng Chen   +3 more
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Report of results of pleural biopsy (Needle biopsy and open biopsy) in 108 cases and 245 biopsies [PDF]

, 1960
1. The results of 245 pleural biopsies perfomed in 108 patients including 219 pleural needle biopsies and 26 pleural open biopsies were reported. The method of pleural biopsy seems to be superior to any other currently available diagnostic procedures for
Mc, Lt. Col., Sohn, Isaack
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