A Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Case Mimicking Metastatic Pulmonary Tumor
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 69-72, 2011.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Pulmonary paragonimiasis is a relatively rare cause of lung disease revealing a wide variety of radiologic findings, such as air-space consolidation, nodules, and cysts. We describe here a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis in a 27-year-old woman who presented with a 2-month history of cough and sputum. Based on chest computed tomography (CT) scans and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) findings, the patient was suspected to have a metastatic lung tumor. However, she was diagnosed as having Paragonimus westermani infection by an immunoserological examination using ELISA. Follow-up chest X-ray and CT scans after chemotherapy with praziquantel showed an obvious improvement. There have been several reported cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis mimicking lung tumors on FDG-PET. However, all of them were suspected as primary lung tumors. To our knowledge, this patient represents the first case of paragonimiasis mimicking metastatic lung disease on FDG-PET CT imaging.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Paragonimiasis
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Paragonimus westermani
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Diagnostic Errors
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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