Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 180-183, May 2011

Lung CT findings of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

  • Yun Cui

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Beijing Yangfangdian Hospital, 1 Shuangbeizifen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100038, China.
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  • Ming Shen
    • ,
  • Shujing Meng

Received 1 November 2009; accepted 1 April 2010. published online 12 July 2010.

Abstract 

Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis is a parasitic disease caused by human infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Fifteen cases were enrolled in our study. Chest CT scanning was performed with MSCT in all cases. The chest CT images demonstrated that pulmonary nodular lesions and ground-glass opacity lesions located in the subpleural area are the characteristic signs of the disease. With the development of the disease, ground-glass opacity lesions disappear and pleural indentation occurs.

Keywords: Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Parasitic disease, Lung, CT

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PII: S0899-7071(10)00105-1

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.05.004

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 180-183, May 2011

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