CT imaging of ascaris lumbricoides

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Apr 2010Publisher:Ubiquity Press, Ltd.Journal:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, volume 93, page 227 (eissn: 1780-2393,

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Authors: Deprez, F C; Pauls, C; Puttemans, T;

doi: 10.5334/jbr-btr.321

pmid: 20957899

CT imaging of ascaris lumbricoides

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Abstract

A 37-year-old man was referred to the department of internal medicine for chronic fever, asthenia and loss of weight. He had no relevant medical history but reported frequent travels to Africa. Abdominal-CT study with contrast agent injection and oral digestive opacification was performed and revealed pleuroperitoneal and pericardial effusions with multiple mediastinal and mesenteric lymphadenopathies. Bronchoalveolar lavage and sputum expectoration analyses demonstrated systemic tuberculosis.

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Adult, Male, Ascariasis, R895-920, Contrast Media, Diagnosis, Differential, Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, Animals, Humans, Ascaris lumbricoides, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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