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http://dx.doi.org/10.14776/piv.2017.24.3.178

Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Misdiagnosed with Pulmonary Tuberculosis  

Park, Su Eun (Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
Song, Bokyung (Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
Hwang, Jae-Yeon (Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
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Pediatric Infection and Vaccine / v.24, no.3, 2017 , pp. 178-182 More about this Journal
Abstract
Paragonimiasis was one of the most common causes of cavitary lung lesions until the 1960s, but now it has become a very rare disease in Korea. A 16-year-old boy presented with hemoptysis and several days of cough. His plain chest radiograph showed nodular opacity with a cavity in the left upper lung region. Although his symptoms disappeared after taking antituberculous drugs, his plain chest radiograph and computed tomography images after completion of therapy showed a new nodule with a cavity in the left lung field. Through video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection, Paragonimus eggs were found in the lung tissues.
Keywords
Lung; Paragonimiasis;
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