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A 48 year old male with wandering pleural effusion and pulmonary infiltration

Author(s) -

Weiwei Ning,

Limin Yang,

Yanbin Chen,

Cheng Chen

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

european journal of inflammation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2058-7392

pISSN - 1721-727X

DOI - 10.1177/2058739220960553

Subject(s) - paragonimiasis , pleural effusion , pathological , paragonimus , infiltration (hvac) , medicine , pathology , helminths , immunology , physics , thermodynamics

We reported a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis presenting as wandering pleural effusion and pulmonary infiltration. The patient had an explicit history of eating raw freshwater crabs 6 months earlier, and a test for serum antibodies to paragonimus was positive. This case illustrates the complex nature of pathological processes and immunological responses in the lungs and highlights the need to consider the existence of paragonimus infection.

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