[Pulmonary involvement with a favorable course during Loa loa filariasis]

C Hulin; C Rabaud; T May; L Neimann; L Kures; P Canton

[Pulmonary involvement with a favorable course during Loa loa filariasis]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1994;87(4):248-50.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Hulin¹, C Rabaud, T May, L Neimann, L Kures, P Canton

Affiliation

¹ Service de Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU, Nancy Brabois, Vandoeuvre.

PMID: 7866045

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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

Substances

Ivermectin
Diethylcarbamazine