Retroperitoneal paragonimiasis: a case of ectopic paragonimiasis presenting as periureteral masses.
We describe a case of retroperitoneal paragonimiasis presenting as periureteral masses. CT showed a conglomerate of enhancing nodules with subtle low attenuation in the center at the left iliac fossa and clustered, ring-like, enhancing lesions at the left renal hilum. When a retroperitoneal conglomerate of ring-like, enhancing lesions in association with pleuropulmonary disease suggestive of paragonimiasis can be found in endemic regions or in migrants from those regions, one may expect ectopic-retroperitoneal paragonimiasis.
Jeong
M G
MG
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Yu
J S
JS
Kim
K W
KW
Kim
J K
JK
Kim
S J
SJ
Kim
H J
HJ
Choi
Y D
YD
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D010238:Paragonimus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology