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[Role of surgery in the management of pulmonary parasitosis]
J-P Avaro1, H Thefenne, G Brioude
1Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital d'instruction des armées Alphonse-Laveran, boulevard Laveran, Marseille cedex 13, France. avarojp@orange.fr
Abstract:
Pulmonary parasitosis is scarcely encountered in France, and its diagnosis is quite difficult. If numerous parasites can be responsible for respiratory symptoms, only few of them can develop in the lung parenchyma and lead to complications necessitating a surgical treatment. The most common example is the hydatic disease of the lung. The authors review the biological cycles, clinical forms, diagnostic and treatment principles of those main lung parasites, which deserve surgical consideration.
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