Massive pleural effusion due to paragonimiasis: Biochemical, cytological, and parasitological findings

Unilateral Massive Pleural Effusion Mimicking Pulmonary Tuberculosis Due To Pleuropulmonary Paragonimiasis- A Case from Manipur, India

Paragonimiasis is a food-borne zoonotic disease caused by the genus Paragonimus which usually results from the intake of uncooked or undercooked freshwater crab or crayfish. Manipur is a northeastern state of India which is endemic for paragonimiasis where the first Indo-Japan joint research on Paragonimus and paragonimiasis was conducted to study the life cycle, pathobiology, and morphological...

Massive pleural effusion due to IgG multiple myeloma

Pleural effusion directly attributable to multiple myeloma is exceedingly uncommon and is said to occur in only 1-2% of cases. Of these around 80% occur in IgA disease. We report a case of myelomatous pleural effusion (proven on cytological and immunohistochemical analysis) in a patient with the IgG-κ subtype. We describe the diagnosis, pathogenesis and management of this condition and show the...

Massive Right-Sided Hemorrhagic Pleural Effusion due to Pancreatitis

Unresolving Pneumonia with Pleural effusion: Pulmonary Paragonimiasis.

Paragonimiasis is a zoonosis caused by many species of Paragonimus commonly P. westermani. Human get infected by eating raw, salted, pickled, smoked, partially cooked crustaceans (crayfish or crabs). Clinical manifestations ranges from non-specific symptoms like pain abdomen, diarrhea, urticarial rashes, fever to pleuropulmonary symptoms like cough, hemoptysis, chest pain and dyspnea. A 48 year...

Hemorrhagic pleural effusion due to pleural hemangioma.

We report a rare case of isolated pleural hemangioma presenting as recurrent, haemorrhagic pleural effusion. Chest radiograph and computed tomography of chest was suggestive of left apical tumour. Diagnosis of hemangioma was revealed only after thoracotomy and excision of the tumour mass.