Objective: To analyze the clinical manifestations and imaging characteristics of pulmonary and extra pulmonary paragonimiasis westermani.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of 30 patients diagnosed by clinical features, laboratory serological tests and surgical pathology.
Results: The symptoms of the lung included mainly chest distress, fever, chest pain, cough and expectoration, and dyspnea. The extra pulmonary symptoms included abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, poor appetite, emaciation, both lower extremities asthenia, headache, dizziness, epileptic seizures, and subcutaneous migratory masses. The laboratory examination showed that the eosinophil numbers of serum and pleural effusion of all the thirty patients were increased, and the eggs of Paragonimus westermani were found by the stool tests in four cases. The chest CT tests found abnormal nodules, ground glass changes, insect damages, pleural effusion, "tunnel" signs, and "halo" signs. Cranial CT and MRI showed intracranial hemorrhage foci, and extensive "finger-like" edema. Abdominal CT showed serpentine deformation and "tunnel" signs in the hepatic and spleen capsules.
Conclusions: Paragonimiasis westermani is a multiple organ system involved infection, and it has complex and varied clinical manifestations. The "tunnel" sign and serpentine deformations in the intracranial part, lung, liver and spleen are important imaging manifestations of the disease.
[摘要] 目的 分析卫氏并殖吸虫病肺内及肺外临床表现及影像学特征。方法 收集经实验室和临床确诊的 30 例卫 氏并殖吸虫感染病例资料, 回顾性分析卫氏并殖吸虫病患者临床及影像学特征。结果 卫氏并殖吸虫病患者肺内症状 以胸闷、发热、胸痛、咳嗽、咳痰、呼吸困难为主, 肺外表现有腹痛、呕吐、腹泻、纳差、消瘦、双下肢乏力、头痛、头昏、癫痫样 发作、皮下游走性包块等。30 例卫氏并殖吸虫病患者血清或胸腔积液嗜酸性粒细胞计数增加。患者胸部 CT 异常主要有 结节、磨玻璃样变、虫蚀样变、胸腔积液、“隧道”征、“月晕”征等, 头颅 CT 和 MRI 可见颅内出血灶及大范围“指套样”水肿, 腹部 CT 呈肝脾包膜下蛇纹石样变、“隧道”征样变。结论 卫氏并殖吸虫病以多器官系统受累为特征; CT 及 MRI 示“隧 道”征、蛇纹石样变系由卫氏并殖吸虫在颅内、肺内、肝脾内迁移游走形成, 是本病的重要影像学征象。.
Keywords: Clinical feature; Imaging feature; Paragonimiasis westermani.