Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis: CT findings in 31 patients.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to identify any specific CT features that may help in the diagnosis of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis.


CONCLUSIONS
Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis usually manifests as a subpleural or subfissural nodule of about 2 cm in diameter that frequently contains a necrotic low-attenuation area. The constellation of focal pleural thickening and subpleural linear opacities leading to a necrotic peripheral pulmonary nodule is another frequent CT finding of paragonimiasis. Although minimal and easily overlooked, focal fibrotic pleural thickening adjacent to a pulmonary nodule can be an important clue in the diagnosis of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis on CT.
Kim
Tae Sung
TS
Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
Han
Joungho
J
Shim
Sung Shine
SS
Jeon
Kyeongman
K
Koh
Won-Jung
WJ
Lee
Inho
I
Lee
Kyung Soo
KS
Kwon
O Jung
OJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*