Case Report: Paragonimiasis Presenting with Pericardial Tamponade

We report an unusual case of paragonimiasis in a Nepali patient presenting with massive pericardial effusion and pericardial tamponade. The patient reported neither the consumption of crabs or crayfish nor the consumption of wild animal meat, which are the usual sources of infection. It is suspected...

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Published in:The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2019-01, Vol.101 (1), p.62-64
Main Authors: Sah, Ranjit, Gupta, Neha, Chatterji, Poulomi, Krishan, Sonal, Aggarwal, Monika, Sood, Nitin, Neupane, Samikshya, Sah, Sanjit, Sah, Ranjana, Poppert, Sven, Ruf, Marie-Therese, Nickel, Beatrice, Neumayr, Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anthelmintics - therapeutic use
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Cardiovascular disease
Case reports
Female
Food contamination & poisoning
Gastropoda - parasitology
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Medicine, Traditional
Middle Aged
Paragonimiasis - complications
Paragonimiasis - diagnosis
Paragonimiasis - drug therapy
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Praziquantel - therapeutic use
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Summary:We report an unusual case of paragonimiasis in a Nepali patient presenting with massive pericardial effusion and pericardial tamponade. The patient reported neither the consumption of crabs or crayfish nor the consumption of wild animal meat, which are the usual sources of infection. It is suspected that the source of infection was instead the ingestion of raw live slugs as part of a traditional medicine treatment.
ISSN:0002-9637
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.19-0018