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Pulmonary Schistosomiasis
Report of a Case Found with a Solitary Lesion
Reuben Tizes
Reuben Tizes
Departments of Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Community Health, and Department of Pathology of the Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203
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Mahfouz H. Zaki
Mahfouz H. Zaki
Departments of Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Community Health, and Department of Pathology of the Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203
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Stanley Minkowitz
Stanley Minkowitz
Departments of Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Community Health, and Department of Pathology of the Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203
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Summary
Solitary lesions in the lung are known to be caused by a variety of agents, both benign and malignant. The case presented here is that of a Puerto Rican woman with such a lesion and with evidence suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis. Clinical, laboratory, and roentgenographic findings did not reveal the nature of the solitary lesion. Histopathologic examination of the excised lesion showed numerous granulomata and Schistosoma mansoni eggs. Schistosomiasis mansoni should be considered in the differential diagnosis of solitary lung lesions in persons who have been exposed in an endemic area.
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