title: Pulmonary lesions associated with visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum or Toxocara canis: imaging of six cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to evaluate chest radiographic and CT findings of patients with pulmonary lesions associated with visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum or Toxocara canis. CT investigation was focused on the location, size, contour, and internal features of the lesions; migration of lesions; mediastinal lymphadenopathy; and pleural effusion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pulmonary visceral larva migrans appears on CT as multifocal subpleural nodules with halo or ground-glass opacities and ill-defined margins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. sakai@shs.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hidetake
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yabuuchi
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soeda
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okafuji
authors.forename: Masamitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatakenaka
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017165:Ascaris suum; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017166:Toxocara canis