A Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Case Mimicking Metastatic Pulmonary Tumor

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-72

  Kim, Ki Uk ^a   Lee, Kwangha ^a   Park, Hye Kyung ^a   Jeong, Yeon Joo ^a   Yu, Hak Sun ^a   Lee, Min Ki ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Paragonimiasis; Paragonimus westermani; Positron emission tomography; Tumor

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI;

EID: 79953284017     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.1.69     Document Type: Article

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