[Two cases of pulmonary amebiasis].
CASE 1: A 74-year-old man having a week's fever and diagnosed with a liver abscess was treated with several antibiotics and percutaneous liver drainage. His respiration gradually worsened and chest computed tomography (CT) showed right pleural effusion and a left-lung mass. Percutaneous fine needle aspiration of the pulmonary mass detected Entamoeba histolytica. CASE 2: A 44-year old, zoo office worker admitted for fever and right chest pain was found in CT to have right pleural effusion and a mass with a liver abscess necessitating abscess drainage. Injected contrast medium detected a fistula connected to the right. Following surgical drainage, E. histolytica was detected from the resected lung. Both cases responded well to metronidazole.
Miyagawa
Tomoko
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center.
Mochizuki
Yoshirou
Y
Nakahara
Yasuharu
Y
Kawamura
Tetsuji
T
Sasaki
Shin
S
Okamoto
Hiroko
H
Tsukamoto
Hiroaki
H
Mizumori
Yasuyuki
Y
Mayumi
Tetsuichirou
T
Tabata
Hisako
H
Yokoyama
Toshihide
T
Watanabe
Etsuko
E
Gotou
Takayoshi
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000562:Amebiasis; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic; D008297:Male