Pulmonary schistosomiasis: bronchopneumonitis probably due to schistosomulae

• 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

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.