Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the 11 patients with parasitic pleural infestation
From: Retrospective study of pleural parasitic infestations: a practical diagnostic approach
Patient No. | Chief complaint (duration) | Misdiagnosis | Exposure history | Peripheral blood | Pleural effusion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WBC (× 10 [9]/L) | Eos (×10 [9]/L) | LDH (U/L) | ADA (U/L) | Protein (g/dL) | CEA (ng/mL) | Eos (%) | ||||
1 | Chest pain (6 mth); shortness of breath (2 mth) | PPE | Unknown | 7.33 | 0.872 | 346 | 8.2 | 30.9 | 0.28 | 15.3 |
2 | Chest pain (12 mth); shortness of breath (2 mth) | TPE | Unknown | 4.61 | 0.337 | 125 | 6.9 | 88.1 | 0.67 | 10.5 |
3 | Chest pain, shortness of breath (6 mth) | TPE | Raw fish ingestion | 7.4 | 0.799 | 150 | 2.2 | 36.9 | 0.69 | 14.5 |
4 | Cough, shortness of breath (1 mth) | TPE | Unknown | 4.6 | 0.736 | 367 | 3.4 | 45.3 | 2.03 | 19.7 |
5 | Fever (12 d) | PPE | Unknown | 4.7 | 0.611 | 128 | 6.7 | 43.2 | 4.8 | 13.5 |
6 | Fever (3 wk) | IEPE | Unknown | 7.4 | 1.450 | 61 | 0.1 | 21.9 | 0.5 | 10.8 |
7 | Cough, hemoptysis, fever (2 d) | PTE | Raw freshwater crab ingestion | 12.7 | 0.340 | 587 | 19.1 | 43.1 | 1.74 | 30.2 |
8 | Cough, shortness of breath (4 mth) | IEPE | Unknown | 16.7 | 5.778 | 667 | 10.8 | 47.4 | 0.3 | 22.5 |
9 | Cough, excessive sputum (24 mth); fever (1 mth) | IEPE | Raw freshwater crab ingestion | 18.8 | 9.926 | 564 | 19 | 45 | 2.4 | 41 |
10 | shortness of breath (6 mth);, cough (1 mth) | PPE | Raw wild boar meat ingestion | 6.8 | 0.380 | 457 | 23.1 | 42.1 | 4.2 | 14.0 |
11 | Fever, chest pain (2 wk) | PE | Unknown | 11.8 | 0.472 | 268 | 28.2 | 36.3 | 2.7 | 22.1 |