Pulmonary schistosomiasis.
Two cases are reported of the incidental finding of pulmonary schistosomiasis in the victims of a fatal aircraft accident. The presence of this disease had no bearing on the causation of the accident, but it gives insight into the potential hazards of dissemination of diseases by travellers. The finding also emphasises the value of routine postmortems and histology in all aircraft accident victims.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000635:transmission; D014195:Travel