Pulmonary schistosomiasis: bronchopneumonitis probably due to schistosomulae

Abstract

A clinical and radiological picture of bronchopneumonia was observed in a patient between the second and third weeks post-infection with cercariae of S. mansoni. There was a spontaneous recovery without sequelae in 20 days and the clinical and radiological alterations were interpreted as associated with the passage of schistosomulae through the lungs.

Keywords

• Esquistossomose pulmonar
• Broncopneumonite por esquistossômulo
• Esquistossomose pré-postural
• Pulmão e esquistossômulo