Acute pulmonary schistosomiasis: Correlation between the high-resolution CT and pathological findings

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 741-744

  Souza Jr , Arthur Soares ^a   Marchiori, Edson ^b   Cury, Patricia Maluf ^a   Gasparetto, Emerson L ^c,e   Escuissato, Dante L ^d  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute schistosomiasis; High resolution computed tomography; Lungs; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

OXAMNIQUINE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INFECTION; MYALGIA; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36248950108     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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