Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis in a Laotian immigrant to Australia.
A case of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis that mimicked reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, and neoplasm occurred in a Laotian immigrant to Australia. The key to the diagnosis of this condition is awareness of the disease in persons from this region. The diagnosis was supported by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing. The patient was successfully treated with praziquantel.
Mukerjee
C M
CM
Chest Clinic, Liverpool Hospital, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Simpson
S E
SE
Bell
R J
RJ
Walker
J C
JC
D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007812:Laos / Q000208:ethnology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography