1. Nodular lung schistosomiais lesions after chemotherapy for dysgerminoma.
- Author
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de Górgolas M, Casado V, Renedo G, Alen JF, and Fernández Guerrero ML
- Subjects
- Adult, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Dysgerminoma secondary, Dysgerminoma surgery, Eosinophilia diagnosis, Female, Humans, Lung parasitology, Lung pathology, Lung Diseases, Parasitic drug therapy, Lung Diseases, Parasitic parasitology, Mali, Ovarian Neoplasms drug therapy, Ovarian Neoplasms surgery, Praziquantel therapeutic use, Retroperitoneal Neoplasms drug therapy, Schistosomiasis mansoni drug therapy, Schistosomicides therapeutic use, Travel, Dysgerminoma drug therapy, Eosinophilia parasitology, Lung Diseases, Parasitic pathology, Ovarian Neoplasms pathology, Retroperitoneal Neoplasms secondary, Schistosomiasis mansoni diagnosis
- Abstract
We report an unusual case of pulmonary schistosomiasis in a traveler to Mali that was diagnosed 16 months after primary infection, one month after she finished chemotherapy for a malignant tumor. Serologic analysis showed marked eosinophilia. Our case emphasizes the need to detect parasitic infections in cancer patients with unexplained eosinophilia, particularly in immigrants and travelers to tropical countries.
- Published
- 2009