A Case of Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Presented as Solitary Pulmonary Nodule and Suspected as Lung Cancer on (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography.
10.4046/trd.2008.64.2.133
- Author:
Jae Young MOON
1
;
Ki Hwan JUNG
;
Je Hyeong KIM
;
Hyung Joo PARK
;
Young Sik KIM
;
Chol SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan, Korea. chepraxis@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary paragonimiasis;
Solitary pulmonary nodule;
Positron emission tomography
- MeSH:
Chest Pain;
Cough;
Electrons;
Fever;
Hemoptysis;
Hydrazines;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Paragonimiasis;
Parasitic Diseases;
Pleural Effusion;
Pneumothorax;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Prevalence;
Republic of Korea;
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule;
Tuberculosis
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2008;64(2):133-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary paragonimiasis continues to be a diagnostically challenging parasitic disease, despite a drastically decreased prevalence in South Korea during the past decade. Pulmonary paragonimiasis is characterized by fever, chest pain, and chronic cough with hemoptysis. Numerous radiographic and computed tomographic findings including the presence of pneumothorax, pleural effusion, and parenchymal lesions such as nodular or infiltrative opacities have been reported. The clinical and radiological manifestations of paragonimiasis can resemble those of lung cancer, tuberculosis or a metastatic malignancy. Furthermore, this disease can mimic lung cancer as seen on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). We report a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis in a 48-year old man that presented with a solitary pulmonary nodule and was suspected as a lung cancer based on FDG-PET imaging.
