• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.407-410
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• 1991

서울에 거주하는 36세의 가정주부가 복부의 종류로 인해 내원하였다. 국소마취 하에 복부의 피하지방층에 있는 종류를 제거하여 지름 3 cm정도의 낭과 그 속에 7×4 mm크기의 충체를 얻었다. 이 환자는 생선회를 즐겨 먹은 과거적이 있었으며 충체를 acetocarmine 염색하여 관찰한 결과 폐흡충으로 동정하여 이에 폐흡충중의 이소기생례를 보고하는 바이다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.635-638
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• 2019

Horace N. Allen, an American physician, was a Presbyterian missionary to Korea. In 1886, he wrote the annual report of the Korean government hospital, summarizing patient statistics according to outpatient and inpatient classification for the first ever in Korean history. In the report, he speculated that hemoptysis cases of outpatient might have been mainly caused by distoma. Allen's conjecture was noteworthy because only a few years lapsed since the first scientific report of paragonimiasis. However, he was not sure of his assumption either because it was not evidently supported by proper microscopic or post-mortem examinations. In this letter, we thus revisit his assumption with our parasitological data recently obtained from Joseon period mummies.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.573-573
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• 2014

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제77권4호
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• pp.178-183
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• 2014

Here, we report a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis that was improved with initial anti-tuberculosis (TB) therapy but confused with reactivated pulmonary TB. A 53-year-old Chinese female presented with a persistent productive cough with foul smelling phlegm and blood streaked sputum. Radiologic findings showed subpleural cavitary consolidation in the right upper lobe (RUL). Bronchoscopic and cytological examination showed no remarkable medical feature. She was diagnosed with smear-negative TB, and her radiologic findings improved after receiving a 6-month anti-TB therapy. The chest CT scans, however, obtained at 4 months after completion of anti-TB therapy showed a newly developed subpleural consolidation in the RUL. She refused pathologic confirmation and was re-treated with anti-TB medication. Nevertheless, her chest CT scans revealed newly developed cavitary nodules at 5 months after re-treatment. She underwent thoracoscopic wedge resection; the pathological examination reported that granuloma caused by Paragonimus westermani. Paragonimiasis should also be considered in patients assessed with smear-negative pulmonary TB.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.312-317
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• 1979

1] During the period of Jan. 1959, to Aug. 1979, 47 patients of paragonimiasis have been treated in the department of Chest Surgery. 2] The total number of patients who has been admitted and treated in the department of Chest Medicine are 262 and annual distribution of number of patients has been decreased. However, since 1964, the number of patients has been stationary. On the other hand, the total number of patients who has been admitted and treated surgically in the department of Chest Surgery are 47 and the annual distribution of number of patients has not been decreased. 3] The peak age incidence lies in fourth decade [34%], and over halves of patients is in third to fifth decade. Male to female is 8.4 to 1. 4] The symptoms, which are mainly cough, chest pain, dyspnea and blood tinged sputum, developed mostly in two to five years after infestation by Paragonmius westermani. 5] Sputum tests for eggs of Paragonimus westermani were positive in 16 out of 43 patients [37%]. The 93% of patients were positive in skin test for Paragonimus westermani. The patients with negative skin test were 7%, but sputum or stool examination for Paragonimus westermani`s eggs were positive in these negative group of skin test. 6] Chest roentgenogram revealed pleural effusion [41 cases], hydropneumothorax [1 case], atelectasis [1 case] and mediastinal mass [1 case]. 7] All patients were preoperatively treated with Bithionol. The mode of surgery were decortication only [31 cases], pleuropneumonectomy [3 cases], decortication & lobectomy [2 cases], decortication & closure of bronchial fistula [1 case], thoracentesis [1 case] and postural drainage [1 case]. 8] Paragonimiasis is primarily medical disease and well treated by the administration of Bithionol. But the delayed diagnosis and missed diagnosis, especially as pulmonary tuberculosis, make the disease aggravated and chronic. Subsequently, surgical treatment is infrequently required. Chronic empyema due to Paragonimus westermani is much benign than tuberculous empyema thoracis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.380-383
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• 2007

42세 남자가 객혈을 주소로 본원으로 전원되었다. 흉부 전산 촬영상에서 우상엽 폐첨부에 공동성 병변과 종격동의 종괴가 보였다. 폐첨부의 병변과 종격동 종괴에 대해 쐐기 절제술과 완전 절제술을 시행하였다. 병리학적 판독상 폐흡충증에 의한 염증성 병변이었다. 술 후 복부 전산 촬영상 폐흡충증으로 의심되는 병변이 가로 결장과 하행 결장에 나타났다. 환자는 술 후 2일간 praziquantel을 복용 후 합병증 없이 퇴원하였다. 현재까지 2년 동안 환자는 재발 없이 양호한 상태이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.521-525
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• 2007

FDG-PET/CT는 악성종양 발견에 많은 기여를 하고 있는 영상진단법이지만, 염증성 질환에서 위양성을 보일 수 있다. 저자들은 국내외적으로 보고된 바가 많지 않은 PET/CT에서 양쪽 폐, 복부 림프절과 왼쪽 궁둥이의 증가된 FDG 섭취로 폐암으로 의심된 폐흡충증을 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고한다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.57-60
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• 2020

During the mobile clinic activities in Tak Province, Thailand, Paragonimus sp. eggs were found in a fecal sample of a 72-year-old Karen resident. Paragonimus DNA was amplified from the stool sample and identified to P. heterotremus. The patient did not have any symptoms. Apparent pulmonary lesion was not found on the chest X-ray. The patient admitted habitual consumption of semi-cooked or roasted waterfall crabs for several years. The waterfall crabs collected from stream near the village were found negative for Paragonimus metacercariae. In northern Thailand, paragonimiasis remains as one of the public health concerns and should be ruled out for asymptomatic pulmonary patients.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 1968

A clinical investigation was reported on 17 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax requiring surgical mana-gement. Males outnumbered females 15:2. Determination of the etiology in this series showed that the majority were pulmonary tuberculosis and paragonimiasis. Several others had pneumonia, lung abscess, cyst and blebs. It is of particular interest that the acute inflammation of respiratory system was younger age group, pulmonary tuberculosis & paragonimiasis were between 2 nd and 3 rd decades, and lung abscess, cyst, blebs were above 4 th decade. Pulmonary tuberculosis was far advanced bilateral and active. The ratio of right to left side was 13:6 and both side involved in 2 cases. In about half cases of patients, above 50%-collapsed lung associated with mediastinal shifting developed. The complications were pleural effusion and bronchopleural fistula. The former was 13 cases [76.4%] in which 3 cases combined with mixed infection, and latter was 5 cases. As the management, 11 cases were subjected to intercostal or rib resection drainage with continuous suc-tion. Among 11 drainage cases, 8 cases were successful in acute stage and 3 cases failed in chronic stage. This faiure was due to interference with re-expansion of collapsed lung for peel formation and broncho-pleural fistula. The open thoractomy was applied in 9 cases, among which primary operation were 5 cases and drainage failure were 4 cases. Among 11 cases subjected to the open thoracotomy, wedged resection was performed in 3 cases including paragonimiatic cyst, and pneumonectomy in 1 case-tuberculosis, and decortication only was performed in 2 cases in paragonimiasis. Decortication & lung resection was carried out in 2 patients among which ruptured lung abscess 1 case and ruptured multiple blebs 1 case. There was no case of death but prognosis of the tuberculosis may be poor because of far advanced bilateral and active pulmonary tuberculosis.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.54-59
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• 2018

기생충 감염은 소아 인구에게서 드물기 때문에 진단이 어려울 수 있다. 환아는 6개월 동안 간헐적인 상복부 통증과 양손과 양측 팔 모두에 발생한 홍반성 발진을 동반한 늑막 삼출을 주소로 내원하였다. 환아는 검사상 혈청 호산구증가와 현저한 삼출성, 호산구성 흉막삼출액이 확인되었다. 동시에 폐렴 미코플라스마에 대한 높은 항체가 때문에 항생제 치료를 받았으나 흉막삼출은 호전되지 않았다. 환아의 분변에서 시행한 기생충 알의 검사상 음성이었으나 혈청 및 흉막삼출액의 기생충 특이 항원에 대한 면역효소측정법에서 폐흡충 특이 IgG에 대해 양성을 보였다. Praziquantel의 치료 후 호흡기 증상, 흉수 및 피부 증상이 호전되었다. 이에 만성 복통과 홍반성 발진을 주소로 내원한 소아 환자에서 폐흡충에 의한 흉막삼출액을 진단 및 치료하였기에 보고하는 바이다.