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21-year-old Korean female - Coggle Diagram
21-year-old Korean female
Risk factors: Ingestion of raw crab or crayfish
Metacercariae
Larval flukes develop in small intestines
Excyst in duodenum
Penetrate intestinal wall and into peritoneal cavity
Worm embeds in abdominal wall
Re-enter abdominal cavity
Penetrate diaphragm
Reaches pleural space and lungs
Juvenile triploid worm matures and establishes itself in the lung parenchyma
Nodular/Cystic lesions develop in the periphery of the middle and lower lobes
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Aggregation of inflammatory cells
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