-
Southern medical journal · Aug 1998
Case ReportsIntestinal strongyloidiasis manifesting as eosinophilic pleural effusion.
- S B Goyal.
- Department of Internal Medicine, New York Medical College-Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, USA.
- South. Med. J. 1998 Aug 1; 91 (8): 768-9.
AbstractStrongyloidiasis caused by the helminth Strongyloides stercoralis is usually asymptomatic or causes mild dermatologic or gastrointestinal symptoms. In immunocompromised hosts, hyperinfection and dissemination can occur. In this case, I describe a nonimmunocompromised Southeast Asian man who had an eosinophilic pleural effusion, peripheral eosinophilia, and rhabditiform larvae of S stercoralis in the stools. There was complete resolution of the pleural effusion after thiabendazole therapy, thus suggesting strongyloidiasis as the cause of the effusion. Helminthic infections like strongyloidiasis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an eosinophilic pleural effusion, especially in individuals from endemic areas.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..