title: Pulmonary paragonimiasis simulating lung abscess in a 9-year-old: CT findings.
abstract: We present the CT findings of pulmonary paragonimiasis in a 9-year-old girl. It appeared as a large cystic mass with an air-fluid level and simulated a lung abscess. Communication with a segmental bronchus was demonstrated well on a CT scan obtained after aspiration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yeon
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed