Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic infestation caused by Strongyloides stercoralis. Most cases are asymptomatic; however, symptomatic patients may present with a wide range of non-specific cutaneous, pulmonary, or gastrointestinal symptoms posing a diagnostic dilemma and delay in diagnosis. We report a case of a 58-year-old female who presented with months of generalized pruritus and abdominal dis...

Cutaneous larva migrans (CML) is a frequent parasitic infestation caused by migration of animal hookworm larvae into the human epidermis. This skin disease is common in warmer climates among people, who have contact with contaminated soil. Clinical manifestation of CML is an itchy, erythematous, linear tract, which appears days to even months after exposure to infested sand or soil. Diagnosis i...

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation by a tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus. We present the case of 34-year-old female who complained of chest pain and had a past history of hydatid cyst resection four times in last 15 years. She was found to have extrapleural hyatid cysts of chest that were removed via thoracotomy. The patient fully recovered and experienced an uneventful follow-up.

Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the upper small intestine was demonstrated in 25 patients with giardiasis. All had normal serum immunoglobulin levels and seven patients initially presented with clinical findings suggestive of an abdominal lymphoma. In only two, however, was the diagnosis of primary jejunal lymphoma confirmed. It is possible that an aetiological relationship exists between recur...

background: parasitic diseases are among the most important problems of many countries in the world, especially developing ones. since various parts of iran have different types of weather, jobs and people, different and separate epidemiological studies for each province will be necessary. we have scarce information on the epidemiology of intestinal parasites in tribal regions of khuzestan prov...

Cardiac cystic echinococcosis is a rarely encountered parasitic infestation caused by Echinococcus granulasus larvae. Cystic echinococcosis hydatid composes 0.5-2% of all human cystic echinococcosis cases. Isolated cardiac involvement is very rare. Cardiac cystic echinococcosis hydatid generally accompanies another organ involvement, however, it might be isolated as in the present case and alth...

Hepatic paragonimiasis is a form of ectopic infestation disease which can be caused by paragonimus. In this case report, we reported a case was diagnosed and treated as a hepatic paragonimiasis in 2015 in our hospital. The patient was accepted left lobotomy resections. Pathologic diagnosis showed that parasitic disease on the left liver lobe. Then is diagnosed as paragonimiasis. But the symptom...

Amoebiasis is the third leading cause of death due to a parasitic infection in the world after malaria and schistosomiasis [1]. The pleuropulmonary localization is the second most common extra-intestinal expression after liver damage [1]. The direct pulmonary Entamoeba histolytica infestation is less common than secondary form called “neighborhood” reaction [2]. The authors propose to report a ...

background: continus evaluation of the prevalent of infectious disease prevalence is one of the important needs for the health and treatment programs in the country. this article aimed to evaluate the latest studies on intestinal parasitic infections in kermanshah district  and find out trend of such infections in this area during past years and decades. methods: internet search engines (pubmed...