Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation

In 1932, Loffler described a syndrome of self-limiting, transient pulmonary infiltrates associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia and mild pulmonary symptoms. A number of conditions are related to pulmonary eosinophilia or pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia. Especially, parasitic infestati...

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Main Authors:	Lee, Hyun Kyung, Jin, Seong Lim, Lee, Hyuk Pyo, Choi, Soo Jeon, Yum, Ho-Kee
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2003
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531639/

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spelling	pubmed-45316392015-10-02 Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation Lee, Hyun Kyung Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Choi, Soo Jeon Yum, Ho-Kee Case Report In 1932, Loffler described a syndrome of self-limiting, transient pulmonary infiltrates associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia and mild pulmonary symptoms. A number of conditions are related to pulmonary eosinophilia or pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia. Especially, parasitic infestations are often related to pulmonary eosinophilia, but only two cases associated with Clonorchis sinensis have been anecdotally reported in English literature. Here we report a case of migrating pulmonary eosniophilic infiltrations associated with Clonorchis sinensis that was successfully treated with praziquantel. Clonorchiasis should be considered in patients with marked eosinophilia and pulmonary infiltrations. Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2003-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4531639/ /pubmed/14717238 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2003.18.4.255 Text en Copyright © 2003 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Lee, Hyun Kyung Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Choi, Soo Jeon Yum, Ho-Kee
spellingShingle	Lee, Hyun Kyung Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Choi, Soo Jeon Yum, Ho-Kee Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation
author_facet	Lee, Hyun Kyung Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Choi, Soo Jeon Yum, Ho-Kee
author_sort	Lee, Hyun Kyung
title	Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation
title_short	Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation
title_full	Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation
title_fullStr	Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation
title_full_unstemmed	Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation
title_sort	loffler’s syndrome associated with clonorchis sinensis infestation
description	In 1932, Loffler described a syndrome of self-limiting, transient pulmonary infiltrates associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia and mild pulmonary symptoms. A number of conditions are related to pulmonary eosinophilia or pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia. Especially, parasitic infestations are often related to pulmonary eosinophilia, but only two cases associated with Clonorchis sinensis have been anecdotally reported in English literature. Here we report a case of migrating pulmonary eosniophilic infiltrations associated with Clonorchis sinensis that was successfully treated with praziquantel. Clonorchiasis should be considered in patients with marked eosinophilia and pulmonary infiltrations.
publisher	Korean Association of Internal Medicine
publishDate	2003
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531639/
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Loffler’s Syndrome Associated with Clonorchis Sinensis Infestation

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