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

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

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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 recentl...

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Main Authors: Sang Wan Chung, Yee Hyung Kim, Eun Jung Lee, Dae Hyun Kim, Gou Young Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012703070
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spelling doaj-2ec6c6af64ee4864a64b27086b3ccfdb2020-11-25T03:31:56ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86702012-03-01162200203Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserologySang Wan Chung0Yee Hyung Kim1Eun Jung Lee2Dae Hyun Kim3Gou Young Kim4Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author at: 149 Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea.Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyung Hee Medical Center at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Pathology, Kyung Hee Medical Center at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaSparganosis 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. Keywords: Sparganosis, Multiple pulmonary nodules, Parasites, Pleural effusionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012703070
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author Sang Wan Chung
Yee Hyung Kim
Eun Jung Lee
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Gou Young Kim
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Yee Hyung Kim
Eun Jung Lee
Dae Hyun Kim
Gou Young Kim
Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
author_facet Sang Wan Chung
Yee Hyung Kim
Eun Jung Lee
Dae Hyun Kim
Gou Young Kim
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title Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology
title_short Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology
title_full Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology
title_fullStr Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology
title_full_unstemmed Two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology
title_sort two cases of pulmonary and pleural sparganosis confirmed by tissue biopsy and immunoserology
publisher Elsevier
series Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1413-8670
publishDate 2012-03-01
description 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. Keywords: Sparganosis, Multiple pulmonary nodules, Parasites, Pleural effusion
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012703070
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