Korean J Parasitol.  2012 Dec;50(4):345-347.

Paragonimiasis in the Abdominal Cavity and Subcutaneous Tissue: Report of 3 Cases

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 561-180, Korea. gsminro@jbnu.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 561-180, Korea.

Abstract

Paragonimiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the lung fluke, Paragonimus spp. Lung flukes may be found in various organs, such as the brain, peritoneum, subcutaneous tissues, and retroperitoneum, other than the lungs. Abdominal paragonimiasis raises a considerable diagnostic challenge to clinicians, because it is uncommon and may be confused with other abdominopelvic inflammatory diseases, particularly peritoneal tuberculosis, and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Also, subcutaneous paragonimiasis does not easily bring up clinical suspicion, due to its rarity. We herein report 2 cases of abdominal paragonimiasis and 1 case of subcutaneous paragonimiasis in Korea.

Keyword

Paragonimus sp.; paragonimiasis; abdominal cavity; subcutaneous tissue

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Cavity/*parasitology
Animals
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Paragonimiasis/parasitology/*pathology/radiography
Paragonimus/cytology/*isolation & purification
Republic of Korea
Subcutaneous Tissue/*parasitology
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