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PRIMARY PULMONARY AMOEBIASIS - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION

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Title: PRIMARY PULMONARY AMOEBIASIS - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION

Authors: Salahuddin Afsar , Ali Nawaz Choudhri , Juzar Ali 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1992

Volume: 42

Issue: 10

Language: English

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Amoebiasis (4) Lung Infections (2) Diagnosis (246) Pulmonology (4511) Infectious Diseases (12373)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION


While colonic and hepatic amoebiasis occur com­monly in tropical countries, primary pulmonary amoebiasis remains a rare condition1-4. Pulmonary invol­vement, when it occurs, is usually secondary to amoebic liver abscess5. Primary pulmonary amoebiasis is thought to occur via haematogenous spread. We report a case of primary pulmonary amoebiasis confirmed by visualizing the trophozoites of entamoeba histolytica.

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