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Parasitic infections of the lung

Differential Diagnosis

Focal Lesions

  • Hydatid worms (Echinococcus)
  • Dog heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis)

Consolidation and Effusion

  • Paragonimiasis/lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani)
  • Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)

Diffuse Lung Disease

  • Ascariasis (Ascaris lumbricoides)
  • Hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus)
  • Toxocariasis (Toxocara canis)
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Strongyloidiasis
  • Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE) (filariae Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi)