A case report of pulmonary paragonimiasis diagnosed via the deterioration of pulmonary cavities during high-dose corticosteroid therapy for chronic eosinophilic pneumonia

A 32-year-old Chinese woman with a cough and bloody sputum was diagnosed with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. After starting corticosteroid therapy, chest radiography showed improvement in the bilateral infiltrative shadow. However, chest image findings showed worsening of the bilateral infiltrative...

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Published in:	Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Main Authors:	Takehiro Hashimoto, Akira Nishizono, Kazufumi Hiramatsu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Subjects:	chronic eosinophilic pneumonia corticosteroid therapy paragonimus ova pulmonary paragonimiasis
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/atm.atm_146_24