title: [Two cases of pulmonary amebiasis].
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center.
authors: Tomoko
authors: T
authors: Miyagawa
authors: Yoshirou
authors: Y
authors: Mochizuki
authors: Yasuharu
authors: Y
authors: Nakahara
authors: Tetsuji
authors: T
authors: Kawamura
authors: Shin
authors: S
authors: Sasaki
authors: Hiroko
authors: H
authors: Okamoto
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Tsukamoto
authors: Yasuyuki
authors: Y
authors: Mizumori
authors: Tetsuichirou
authors: T
authors: Mayumi
authors: Hisako
authors: H
authors: Tabata
authors: Toshihide
authors: T
authors: Yokoyama
authors: Etsuko
authors: E
authors: Watanabe
authors: Takayoshi
authors: T
authors: Gotou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000562:Amebiasis; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic; D008297:Male