Case Report: Paragonimiasis Presenting with Pericardial Tamponade

• DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0018
• Publication Date: 2019-05-14T07:02:16Z
• Authors: Ranjit Sah; Neha Gupta; Poulomi Chatterji; Sonal Krishan; Monika Aggarwal; Nitin Sood; Samikshya Neupane; Sanjit Sah; Ranjana Sah; Sven Poppert; Marie-Therese Ruf; Beatrice Nickel; Andreas Neumayr
• Keywords: Anthelmintics; Paragonimiasis; Gastropoda; Middle Aged; Praziquantel; Cardiac Tamponade; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Animals; Humans; Female; Medicine, Traditional

We report an unusual case of paragonimiasis in a Nepali patient presenting with massive pericardial effusion and tamponade. The reported neither the consumption crabs or crayfish nor wild animal meat, which are usual sources infection. It is suspected that source infection was instead ingestion raw live slugs as part traditional medicine treatment.