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Toxocariasis Mimicking Lymphoma and Presenting as Multiple Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report

Authors :
Park, Cheol Min
Park, Yang Shin
Jae Woong Choi
Y. J. Choi
Lee, Jongmee
Kim Kyeong Ah
Lee, Chang-hee
Jeong Woo Kim
Source :
대한영상의학회지, Vol 79, Iss 5, Pp 286-289 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
The Korean Society of Radiology, 2018.

Abstract

Toxocariasis, a parasitic infection, causes hyper eosinophilia resulting in radiological presentation of eosinophilic infiltrations in the involved organs. In the abdomen, toxocariasis has been reported to manifest as infiltrations in the liver or in the gastrointestinal tract, but it is known to be uncommon to manifest as multiple lymphadenopathy. There have been two case reports of toxocariasis presenting as generalized lymphadenopathy in the chest, neck and inguinal regions. To the best of our knowledge, generalized conglomerated lymphadenopathy occurring mostly in the abdomen from toxocariasis has not been published in the English literature. Herein, we report a rare case of toxocariasis presenting as multiple conglomerated lymphadenopathy mimicking lymphoma on CT.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22882928 and 17382637
Volume :
79
Issue :
5
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
대한영상의학회지
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....03d65216a9e0952e7e08e75a6802b289