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RadioGraphics 2005;25:135-155
© RSNA, 2005

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Thoracic Manifestations of Tropical Parasitic Infections: A Pictorial Review1

Santiago Martínez, MD2, C. Santiago Restrepo, MD, Jorge A. Carrillo, MD, Sonia L. Betancourt, MD, Tomás Franquet, MD, Claudia Varón, MD, Paulina Ojeda, MD and Ana Giménez, MD

1 From the Department of Radiology, Hospital de San José, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia (S.M.); the Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, La (C.S.R.); the Departments of Radiology (J.A.C.) and Pathology (P.O.), Hospital Santa Clara, Bogotá, Colombia; the Department of Radiology, Hospital de la Samaritana, Bogotá, Colombia (S.L.B.); the Department of Radiology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain (T.F., A.G.); and the Department of Radiology, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia (C.V.). Recipient of a Certificate of Merit award for an education exhibit at the 2003 RSNA Scientific Assembly. Received March 16, 2004; revision requested April 20 and received June 23; accepted June 23. All authors have no financial relationships to disclose. Address correspondence to S.M. (e-mail: smart4@lsuhsc.edu).

Parasitic infections are distributed worldwide and affect hundreds of millions of individuals—primarily those living in endemic areas or in regions with a high rate of immigration from endemic areas—causing significant morbidity and mortality. A broad spectrum of parasitic infections (eg, amebiasis, malaria, trypanosomiasis, ascariasis, strongyloidiasis, dirofilariasis, cystic echinococcosis, schistosomiasis, paragonimiasis) frequently affect the lungs, mediastinum, and thoracic wall, manifesting with abnormal imaging findings that often make diagnosis challenging. Although most of these infections result in nonspecific abnormalities, familiarity with their imaging features as well as their epidemiologic, clinical, and physiopathologic characteristics may be helpful to the radiologist in formulating an adequate differential diagnosis.

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