Vadala Rohit, Shamsi Imran, Dabral Charul, Talwar Dhruv, Talwar Deepak
Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispeciality Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Lung India. 2021 Mar-Apr;38(2):183-185. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_232_20.
Schistosomiasis is an uncommon waterborne helminthic infection that infects humans. Although it is not prevalent in India, many cases are reported due to contact with infested water bodies. Schistosomiasis primarily involves the lower urinary tract and colorectal region. Pulmonary schistosomiasis, although very unusual, has been described with the systemic manifestation of the disease; however, pleural involvement with schistosomiasis has never been described before in the literature. We report this first case of pleural schistosomiasis masquerading as tuberculosis, which posed a diagnostic challenge and later a new learning point in the presentation of the disease.
血吸虫病是一种感染人类的罕见水传播蠕虫感染。尽管它在印度并不流行，但由于接触受感染的水体，仍有许多病例被报告。血吸虫病主要累及下尿路和结肠直肠区域。肺血吸虫病虽然非常罕见，但已被描述为该疾病的全身表现；然而，文献中从未描述过血吸虫病累及胸膜的情况。我们报告了首例伪装成结核病的胸膜血吸虫病病例，该病例带来了诊断挑战，也为该疾病的表现提供了新的学习要点。
