Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and spontaneous pneumothorax associated with Schistosoma haematobium infestation of the lungs. A case report.
A patient with Schistosoma haematobium infestation of the lungs is described. The most significant histological change was diffuse interstitial fibrosis. The patient presented initially with spontaneous pneumothorax.
Feldman
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C
Kallenbach
J
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Sutej
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P
Lewis
M
M
Goldstein
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B
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000150:complications*