Pulmonary involvement with a favorable course during Loa loa filariasis

We report a case of pulmonary infiltrate in filariasis due to Loa loa in a 52 years old patient, living in Cameroon. Antifilarial treatment with ivermectin then diethylcarbamazine led to a rapid resoluting of the pulmonary abnormalities. It is the fifth case of lung disease during filariasis Loa loa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) 1994, Vol.87 (4), p.248-250
Hauptverfasser:	Hulin, C, Rabaud, C, May, T, Neimann, L, Kures, L, Canton, P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Cameroon Diethylcarbamazine - therapeutic use Humans Ivermectin - therapeutic use Loiasis - diagnosis Loiasis - diagnostic imaging Loiasis - drug therapy Lung Diseases, Parasitic - diagnosis Lung Diseases, Parasitic - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases, Parasitic - drug therapy Male Middle Aged Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a case of pulmonary infiltrate in filariasis due to Loa loa in a 52 years old patient, living in Cameroon. Antifilarial treatment with ivermectin then diethylcarbamazine led to a rapid resoluting of the pulmonary abnormalities. It is the fifth case of lung disease during filariasis Loa loa.
ISSN:	0037-9085