Pulmonary paragonimiasis simulating lung abscess in a 9-year-old: CT findings.
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.
Moon
W K
WK
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
Kim
W S
WS
Im
J G
JG
Kim
I O
IO
Yeon
K M
KM
Han
M C
MC
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