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[Pulmonary paragonimiasis]
Julio Gómez-Seco1, Marcel José Rodríguez-Guzmán, María Jesús Rodríguez-Nieto
1Servicio de Neumología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Capio, Madrid, España. juliogomezseco2@telefonica.net
Abstract:
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne zoonosis caused by a trematode of the genus Paragonimus(1,2). Infestation is rare in Spain, but the influx of people from endemic areas should make us keep this condition in the differential diagnosis of our patients(2,5). We report the case a patient from Ecuador and resident in Spain for 7 years with active pulmonary tuberculosis on arrival in Spain and later diagnosed with of pulmonary paragonimiasis due to persistent haemoptysis. The diagnosis was established by surgical lung specimen showing granulomas containing parasite eggs and the macroscopic view of the fluke within a lung cavity. Initial tuberculosis treatment and current treatment with praziquantel controlled both conditions.
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