Thoracic manifestations of tropical parasitic infections: a pictorial review.
Parasitic infections are distributed worldwide and affect hundreds of millions of individuals-primarily those living in endemic areas or in regions with a high rate of immigration from endemic areas-causing significant morbidity and mortality. A broad spectrum of parasitic infections (eg, amebiasis, malaria, trypanosomiasis, ascariasis, strongyloidiasis, dirofilariasis, cystic echinococcosis, schistosomiasis, paragonimiasis) frequently affect the lungs, mediastinum, and thoracic wall, manifesting with abnormal imaging findings that often make diagnosis challenging. Although most of these infections result in nonspecific abnormalities, familiarity with their imaging features as well as their epidemiologic, clinical, and physiopathologic characteristics may be helpful to the radiologist in formulating an adequate differential diagnosis.
Martínez
Santiago
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Department of Radiology, Hospital de San José, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia. smart4@lsuhsc.edu
Restrepo
C Santiago
CS
Carrillo
Jorge A
JA
Betancourt
Sonia L
SL
Franquet
Tomás
T
Varón
Claudia
C
Ojeda
Paulina
P
Giménez
Ana
A
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