Strongyloides stercolaris infection mimicking a malignant tumour in a non-immunocompromised patient. Diagnosis by bronchoalveolar cytology
| Autor: | V Gomez-Aracil, Emilio Mayayo, J. Azua‐Romeo, R. Mayayo, J Azua-Blanco, Javier Capilla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Lung Diseases Parasitic Bronchi Pathology and Forensic Medicine Strongyloides stercoralis Diagnosis Differential Fatal Outcome Cytology medicine Animals Humans Eosinophilia Aged Short Reports/Case Reports medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Mediastinum General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease biology.organism_classification respiratory tract diseases Pulmonary Alveoli medicine.anatomical_structure Strongyloidiasis Strongyloides medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis Chest radiograph business Immunocompetence |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Pathology. 58:420-422 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9746 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jcp.2004.017756 |
| Popis: | Autoinfective strongyloidiasis is often fatal in immunosuppressed patients or in immunocomprised hosts. An interesting case of Strongyloides stercolaris hyperinfection was seen in an immunocompetent patient. This report describes a case of fatal strogyloidiasis in a 79 year old man, who had suffered gastrointestinal discomfort for years, and who presented because of respiratory illness. A chest radiograph showed an irregular mass close to the mediastinum and interstitial infiltrates, but blood eosinophilia was not observed. Cytological examination of the samples obtained from bronchial aspiration and brushing identified several filariform larvae. Thus, cytology was essential for the correct diagnosis in this patient and is a very reliable method to diagnose lung parasitosis. |
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