title: Atrial septal defect presenting as recurrent primary amoebic lung abscess.
abstract: A middle-aged female with an atrial septal defect (secundum type) presented with a primary pulmonary amoebic abscess. She was successfully treated with antiamoebic therapy. One year later she presented with a similar lung abscess which again responded to antiamboebic treatment. Attention is drawn to the fact that a patient with a left to right shunt can present with a recurrent rare primary parasitic infection of the lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, BMRC, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000563:Amebicides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000563:Amebicides