Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Misdiagnosed with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
10.14776/piv.2017.24.3.178
- Author:
Su Eun PARK
1
;
Bokyung SONG
;
Jae Yeon HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, the Republic of Korea. psepse@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung;
Paragonimiasis
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Cough;
Eggs;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Korea;
Lung;
Male;
Ovum;
Paragonimiasis*;
Paragonimus;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Rare Diseases;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*
- From:Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
2017;24(3):178-182
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Paragonimiasis was one of the most common causes of cavitary lung lesions until the 1960s, but now it has become a very rare disease in Korea. A 16-year-old boy presented with hemoptysis and several days of cough. His plain chest radiograph showed nodular opacity with a cavity in the left upper lung region. Although his symptoms disappeared after taking antituberculous drugs, his plain chest radiograph and computed tomography images after completion of therapy showed a new nodule with a cavity in the left lung field. Through video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection, Paragonimus eggs were found in the lung tissues.
