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TERMINOLOGY
Definitions
- Parasites: Organisms that obtain nourishment and shelter from other organisms (hosts)
- Obligate parasites: Can only live in host
- Facultative parasites: Can live either in host or independently
- May cause focal or diffuse pulmonary disease
- Parasites: Organisms that obtain nourishment and shelter from other organisms (hosts)
Classification of Parasites Causing Pulmonary Pathology
- Protozoa
- Amebiasis: Entamoeba histolytica
- Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasma gondii
- Malaria: Plasmodium spp. (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae)
- Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease): Trypanosoma cruzi
- Nematodes
- Ascariasis: Ascaris lumbricoides
- Hookworm infection: Ancylostoma duodenale
- Strongyloidiasis: Strongyloides stercoralis
- Filarial infections: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori
- Dirofilariasis: Dirofilaria immitis
- Trichinosis: Trichinella spiralis
- Visceral larva migrans infection (toxocariasis): Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati
- Cestodes
- Hydatidosis: Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis
- Trematodes
- Paragonimiasis: Paragonimus westermani most prevalent worldwide, Paragonimus kellicotti most prevalent in USA
- Schistosomiasis: Schistosoma mansoni
- Protozoa
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Selected References
- Cottin V: Eosinophilic lung diseases. Clin Chest Med. 37(3):535-56, 2016
- Price M et al: Imaging of eosinophilic lung diseases. Radiol Clin North Am. 54(6):1151-1164, 2016
- Skalski JH et al: Fungal, viral, and parasitic pneumonias associated with human immunodeficiency virus. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 37(2):257-66, 2016
- Henry TS et al: Role of imaging in the diagnosis and management of parasitic infections. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 19(3):310-7, 2013
- Kuzucu A: Parasitic diseases of the respiratory tract. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 12(3):212-21, 2006
- Martínez S et al: Thoracic manifestations of tropical parasitic infections: a pictorial review. Radiographics. 25(1):135-55, 2005
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KEY FACTS
Terminology
Imaging
Top Differential Diagnoses
Pathology
Clinical Issues
TERMINOLOGY
Definitions
- Parasites: Organisms that obtain nourishment and shelter from other organisms (hosts)
- Obligate parasites: Can only live in host
- Facultative parasites: Can live either in host or independently
- May cause focal or diffuse pulmonary disease
- Parasites: Organisms that obtain nourishment and shelter from other organisms (hosts)
Classification of Parasites Causing Pulmonary Pathology
- Protozoa
- Amebiasis: Entamoeba histolytica
- Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasma gondii
- Malaria: Plasmodium spp. (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae)
- Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease): Trypanosoma cruzi
- Nematodes
- Ascariasis: Ascaris lumbricoides
- Hookworm infection: Ancylostoma duodenale
- Strongyloidiasis: Strongyloides stercoralis
- Filarial infections: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori
- Dirofilariasis: Dirofilaria immitis
- Trichinosis: Trichinella spiralis
- Visceral larva migrans infection (toxocariasis): Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati
- Cestodes
- Hydatidosis: Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis
- Trematodes
- Paragonimiasis: Paragonimus westermani most prevalent worldwide, Paragonimus kellicotti most prevalent in USA
- Schistosomiasis: Schistosoma mansoni
- Protozoa
IMAGING
Radiographic Findings
CT Findings
MR Findings
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Selected References
- Cottin V: Eosinophilic lung diseases. Clin Chest Med. 37(3):535-56, 2016
- Price M et al: Imaging of eosinophilic lung diseases. Radiol Clin North Am. 54(6):1151-1164, 2016
- Skalski JH et al: Fungal, viral, and parasitic pneumonias associated with human immunodeficiency virus. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 37(2):257-66, 2016
- Henry TS et al: Role of imaging in the diagnosis and management of parasitic infections. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 19(3):310-7, 2013
- Kuzucu A: Parasitic diseases of the respiratory tract. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 12(3):212-21, 2006
- Martínez S et al: Thoracic manifestations of tropical parasitic infections: a pictorial review. Radiographics. 25(1):135-55, 2005
