RESUMO
A first case of Paragonimus kellicotti infection, in the United States, involving a nonimmigrant adult, is reported. Diagnosis was made on sputum cell block sections and demonstration of the characteristic operculated ova of the parasite by direct sputum smear preparation. The patient had never been outside the United States. He responded favorably to praziquantel and was asymptomatic after therapy.
Assuntos
Pneumopatias Parasitárias/parasitologia , Paragonimíase/parasitologia , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Óvulo/ultraestrutura , Paragonimíase/tratamento farmacológico , Paragonimus , Praziquantel/uso terapêutico , Escarro/parasitologiaRESUMO
A case of malignant melanoma in a 31-year-old man is described to add to the eight cases previously reported in the literature. The tumor in this case shares many common gross and microscopic features with those previously reported. These similarities, in addition to the clinical absence of any primary melanoma in the more common site of occurrence, indicate that the tumor in this case is primary in the gallbladder.
