Pulmonary schistosomiasis: bronchopneumonitis probably due to schistosomulae

A clinical and radiological picture of bronchopneumonia was observed in a patient between the second and third weeks post-infection with cercariae of S. mansoni. There was a spontaneous recovery without sequelae in 20 days and the clinical and radiological alterations were interpreted as associated...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Ênio Roberto Pietra Pedroso, José Roberto Lambertucci, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco, Cid Sérgio Ferreira, Davidson Pires de Lima, Pedro Raso
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1984
Subjects:
Esquistossomose pulmonar
Broncopneumonite por esquistossômulo
Esquistossomose pré-postural
Pulmão e esquistossômulo
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821984000400009
https://doaj.org/article/f6b70c49a5fa47089afcb5adfc7e805d
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Summary:A clinical and radiological picture of bronchopneumonia was observed in a patient between the second and third weeks post-infection with cercariae of S. mansoni. There was a spontaneous recovery without sequelae in 20 days and the clinical and radiological alterations were interpreted as associated with the passage of schistosomulae through the lungs.

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