1. CT evaluation of hepatic paragonimiasis with simultaneous duodenal or splenic involvement.
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Li XM, Yu JQ, He D, Peng LQ, Chu ZG, Chen DD, and Luo Y
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- Animals, Anthelmintics therapeutic use, Duodenal Diseases drug therapy, Duodenal Diseases parasitology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Paragonimiasis drug therapy, Praziquantel therapeutic use, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Spleen parasitology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed methods, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Duodenal Diseases diagnostic imaging, Paragonimiasis diagnostic imaging, Paragonimus isolation & purification, Spleen diagnostic imaging
- Abstract
Paragonimiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the genus Paragonimus and usually leads to pulmonary disease. Hepatic paragonimiasis is rare, but duodenal and splenic involvement of this disease has not yet been reported in the literature. Herein, we report two rare cases of hepatic paragonimiasis with simultaneous duodenal or splenic involvement, respectively, and described their CT features. Both patients were lifelong residents of an endemic area of paragonimiasis and were confirmed clinicopathologically., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2012
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