Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Sang Wan Chung²  Yee Hyung Kim²  Eun Jung Lee²  Dae Hyun Kim¹  Gou Young Kim¹ 

[1],Kyung Hee University School of Medicine Kyung Hee Medical Center at GangdongSeoul,Republic of Korea

关键词: Sparganosis;    Multiple pulmonary nodules;    Parasites;    Pleural effusion;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-86702012000200018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Sparganosis in humans is an incidental infection and is known to be associated with eating insufficiently cooked meat of frogs and snakes or drinking unboiled stream water. Although it can involve various internal organs, pulmonary and pleural involvement due to sparganum is rare. Because we recently experienced two cases involving lung parenchyma and pleura that were misdiagnosed as bacterial pneumonia and lung cancer, we herein intend to present them in detail.

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