Solitary pulmonary nodule caused by Schistosoma mansoni in a patient with medullary thyroid carcinoma

Pulmonary nodules in African migrants caused by chronic schistosomiasis

“…In four of these patients, adult worms were found by histological examination of biopsy specimens (tables 2 and 3). [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] Chest radiographs showed coin lesions, irregular masses, and even cavitations. CT scan fi ndings were available for 12 patients.…”

New Insights on Acute and Chronic Schistosomiasis: Do We Need a Redefinition?

“…These findings were not expected for two main reasons. First, the proportion of patients with CS diagnosed with pulmonary nodules in this cohort was much higher than previously described in the literature, namely six of the 120 (5%) CS cases diagnosed over a period of 18 months, compared with 18 cases overall reported in the literature since the 1960s [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. These results were so unexpected that some other authors defined it as 'a new clinical entity' related to CS [33].…”

Imaging of Parasitic Diseases of the Thorax

“…The acute infection is more commonly seen in individuals traveling to endemic regions (Morris and Knauer 1997). Chest radiograph can be normal (Lambertucci et al 1997(Lambertucci et al , 2005 or show multiple, bilateral, ill-defined, nodular opacities (Lambertucci et al 1997;Nguyen et al 2006;Waldman et al 2001;Cooke et al 1999;Schwartz 2002;Schwartz et al 2000) and less frequently, consolidation (Lambertucci et al 1997;Fatureto et al 2003) or reticulonodular opacities (Schwartz 2002). These abnormalities are usually transitory and resolve within weeks (Cooke et al 1999).…”