Paragonimus species are highly evolved parasites with a complex life cycle that involves at
least three different hosts, ie, snails, crustaceans, and mammals. The adult forms of …

Human paragonimiasis is caused by nine species of Paragonimus, namely, P. westermani,
P. africanus, P. heterotremus, P. kellicotti, P. mexicanus, P. siamensis, P. skrjabini, P …

This article reviews MRI findings of parasitic diseases of the central nervous system (CNS),
with emphasis on neurocysticercosis, which is by far the most common CNS parasitic …

The parasitic diseases of the liver and lung are caused by trematodes or flukes--
Opisthorchis viverrini, O. felineus, Fasciola hepatica, and Paragonimus westermani …

The human disease paragonimiasis, also known as" lung fluke" infection, is caused by
tissue invasion by adult-stage, parasitic flatworms of the trematode genus Paragonimus. The …

A 67-year-old Korean woman attended our hospital complaining of a severe headache. A
brain computed tomography scan showed conglomerated, high-density, calcified nodules in …

We report a case of paragonimiasis involving a 12-year-old Latin American boy. The
diagnosis was made by fine-needle aspiration biopsy of a pulmonary nodule. Identification …

Background Paragonimiasis is a parasitic disease that typically produces a subacute to
chronic inflammatory disease of the lung. Although rare in the United States, paragonimiasis …

Object The purpose of this study was to review 14 rare cases of cerebral paragonimiasis that
first manifested as intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), and to investigate the characteristics of …

Parasitic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) have increased over the last couple
of decades, partly due to a drop in the living conditions of large populations in the world and …