Lung CT findings of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-183

  Cui, Yun ^a   Shen, Ming ^a   Meng, Shujing ^a  

^a Beijing Yangfangdian Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; CT; Lung; Parasitic disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; CT; LUNG; PARASITIC DISEASE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GLASS; OPACITY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS OPACITY LESION; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PACHYNSIS PLEURA; PLEURA; PLEURA ADHESION; PLEURAL INDENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SNAIL; SUBPLEURA;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955047919     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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