Guinea worm cause of adult onset asthmatic attack, a radiological diagnosis.
A case report of a fifty years old Hausa male from Sokoto town, Nigeria an endemic region of guinea worm infestation, who presented with sudden adult onset of asthmatic attack and was evaluated radiologically and the diagnosis of acute obstructive airway disease was confirmed. It was noted, that there were associated calcified chain of guinea worms in the lung parenchyma. A rare association of acute asthmatic attack. Patient responded there-after to an anti-asthmatic regime of management.
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Department of Radiology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
D000208:Acute Disease; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D004320:Dracunculiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents