PULMONARY PARAGONIMIASIS: A REVIEW WITH CASE REPORTS FROM KOREA AND THE PHILIPPINES
Authors: Francisco T. Roque, Russell W. Ludwick, J. Carroll Bell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 June 1953PULMONARY PARAGONIMIASIS: A REVIEW WITH CASE REPORTS FROM KOREA AND THE PHILIPPINESFRANCISCO T. ROQUE, RUSSELL W. LUDWICK, M.D., J. CARROLL BELLFRANCISCO T. ROQUESearch for more papers by this author, RUSSELL W. LUDWICK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. CARROLL BELLSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-6-1206 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPulmonary paragonimiasis is a disease caused by the presence within the lung parenchyma of the oriental lung fluke,Paragonimus westermani. Known variously as endemic hemoptysis, lung distoma and pulmonary distomiasis, the disease was first introduced to medical science approximately 75 years ago following its recognition at the postmortem examination of a Bengal tiger. It was first reported in man in 1880.1There is some dispute about the existence of other species,P. ringeriandP. compactus, but apparently only minor differences have been described, and common usage has practically evolved to the preference ofP. westermanifor all forms found...Bibliography1. Manson-Bahr P: Manson's tropical diseases, 11th Ed., 1940, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, p. 796. Google Scholar2. Strong RP: Stitt's diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases, 7th Ed., 1944, Vol. II, Blakiston and Co., Philadelphia, p. 1453. Google Scholar3. CraigFaust CFEC: Clinical parasitology, 3rd Ed., 1943, p. 410. Google Scholar4. MillerWilbur JJDL: Paragonimiasis (endemic hemoptysis), U. S. Nav. M. Bull. 42: 108, 1944. Google Scholar5. Bercovitz Z, quoted in Manson-Bahr.1 Google Scholar6. Musgrave WE: Paragonimiasis in the Philippines, Philippine J. Sc. 2: 15, 1907. Google Scholar7. TillmanPhillips AJHS: Pulmonary paragonimiasis, Am. J. Med. 5: 167, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. BrownHussey HWKL: Experimental therapy of paragonimiasis in dogs, J. Parasitol. 33: 33, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. KhalilBetache MMH: Treatment of bilharziasis with a new compound "Fuadin." Report on 2041 cases, Lancet 1: 234, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. CanizaresCelis MJ: Observations on paragonimiasis at the Quezon Institute, Dis. of Chest 19: 668, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Ameel DJ: Paragonimus, its life history and distribution in North America and its taxonomy (Trematoda: Troglotrematidae), Am. J. Hyg. 19: 279, 1934. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented at the Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Denver, Colorado, February, 1953. Received for publication January 30, 1953.From Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Denver, Colorado.†One of us (F. T. R.) had the opportunity to observe the disease in the Philippines during a 19 year period. Also, observations were made (R. W. L. and J. C. B.) on approximately 250 cases among Korean prisoners of war in a United Nations hospital in Korea during early 1951. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEcology of Free-Living Metacercariae (Trematoda)Clinical profile of children with moderate-to-severe eosinophilia presenting to a tertiary hospital in NepalA Paragonimiasis Patient with Allergic Reaction to Praziquantel and Resistance to Triclabendazole: Successful Treatment after Desensitization to PraziquantelSerial CT Findings of Paragonimus Infested Dogs and the Micro-CT Findings of the Worm CystsCurrent diagnostic imaging of pulmonary and cerebral paragonimiasis, with pathological correlationAmerican Paragonimiasis Treated with PraziquantelAcute tropical pneumoniasGutartige Primärtumoren der Bronchien und LungenSekundäre maligne Tumoren der Bronchien und LungenClonorchiasis and ParagonimiasisHyperthermia, Fever and Infectious DiseasesReferencesParagonimus and paragonimiasisPULMONARY PARAGONIMIASIS: REPORT OF A CASE*DONALD H. HARTER, M.D., STEPHEN I. MORSE, M.D.Die parasitären LungenkrankheitenDie parasitären Lungenkrankheiten 1 June 1953Volume 38, Issue 6Page: 1206-1221KeywordsAutopsyLungsPulmonary diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...