Pulmonary ascariasis in a polytraumatized patient
Ascaris pulmonar en paciente politraumatizado
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The parasitism of the lung for Áscaris is a rare entity, associated with factors related to age, environmental conditions and hygiene. It is usually symptomatic, but when the larva enters in the cycle lung can become symptomatic. Characterized by fever, dyspnea, chest pain, cough with hemoptysis, eosinophilia and alveolar infiltrates on chest radiograph. His diagnosis is the isolation of the parasite. We describe a case of a patient polytraumatized during her hospitalization present alveolar infiltrates, associated with eosinophilia and document of Áscaris larva in the lung.
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