Eosinophilic pleural effusion as a manifestation of taeniasis

Warjri, Synrang Batngen; Ete, Tony; Mobing, Habung; Naku, Narang; Fanai, Vanlalmawsawmdawngliana; Khan, Shakil A.; Kumar, Arun; Mishra, Alok

doi:10.4322/acr.2020.195

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“…Pulmonary involvement is usually reported in disseminated cases of cysticercosis. IPC is reported only in few cases 2–7 and that too in adults predominantly. The case under discussion is the second case of IPC, to the best of literature search, occurring in a young child 4 .…”

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“…Although cases have been reported where eosinophilic rich cell infiltrate was seen in the lesions or effusions caused due to cysticercosis 2,3,5,8 and provided a diagnostic clue of parasitic infection even if the parasite was not demonstrated on histopathology or cytology. Nowalaza et al 4 reported a case of IPC where eosinophils were not raised in the pleural fluid and same was observed in the case under discussion.…”

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“Cell blocking” the parasitic imposter: In a rare case of isolated pulmonary cysticercosis

Singh,

Kochhar,

Bansal

et al. 2024

Diagnostic Cytopathology

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Isolated pulmonary cysticercosis is a rare manifestation of human cysticercosis which mainly affects central nervous system, skeletal muscles, eyes and subcutaneous tissues. Pulmonary involvement is usually a part of disseminated disease and mainly presents as bilateral pulmonary nodules. We report a rare case of isolated pulmonary cysticercosis presenting as lung cyst with pleural effusion. The diagnosis was made on pleural fluid cytology and cell block preparation. Herein we wish to recapitulate the importance of cell block as a diagnostic aid for parasitic infections, where morphological features and architectural patterns are as clearly discernable as in histopathology.

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