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=== Focal Lesions === |
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* Hydatid worms ([[Echinococcus species]]) |
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* Dog heartworm (''[[Dirofilaria immitis]]'') |
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* Dog heartworm (''Dirofilaria immitis'') |
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Revision as of 15:30, 13 December 2019
Differential Diagnosis
Focal Lesions
- Hydatid worms (Echinococcus species)
- 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)
