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The Radiological Diagnosis of Paragonimiasis with Report of a Case

Liverpool United Hospital and Regional Hospitals

W. E. Kershaw, M.D., D.T.M. & H.

Department of Entomology and Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

A. C. Kurowski, M.B., M.Rad., D.M.R.D.

Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool

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A brief description of the life cycle, mode of infection, pathology and epidemiology of infections with Paragonimus in animals and man is given.

A case of infection of the lungs in a Chinese seaman resident in England is described.

The literature on the radiological aspects of the infection is reviewed, and it is evident that characteristic appearances are not described. In the case reported, little abnormality was evident on routine X-ray examination, but a number of small, contiguous cavities was clearly demonstrated by tomography, which is the method of examination of choice.

The life cycle and epidemiology of infections with Paragonimus sp. in man are discussed in relation to the findings in the patient described, and it is suggested that the probability that this infection was multiple and was acquired on one occasion is compatible with the epidemiological findings in China and in the British Cameroons.