[Clinical and radiologic manifestations of larval paragonimiasis in children].

Investigation of 60 children with acute types and 45 children with latent types of larval paragonimiasis (LP) has revealed various clinical and x-ray manifestations of this disease, spread in the southern Primorski Territory. Three syndromes of this disease were singled out: toxico-allergic, abdominal and pulmonary. X-ray investigation showed characteristic LP symptoms: exudate in the pleural cavity, thickening of the wall, diaphragmatic and interlobular pleura, sometimes--pneumothorax. Pathology of the bronchopulmonary system manifested itself in focal and infiltrative shadows, enhanced and deformed lung markings, and bullous inflation. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis must be based on analysis of clinical and x-ray data and the results of serological reactions.