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Case Reports
. 1978 Apr;8(2):168-70.
doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1978.tb04505.x.

Chronic cough and haemoptysis due to a nematode, "Syngamus laryngeus"

D J Birrell, D E Moorhouse, M A Gardner, C S May
Case Reports

Chronic cough and haemoptysis due to a nematode, "Syngamus laryngeus"

D J Birrell et al. Aust N Z J Med. 1978 Apr.

Abstract

A case of bronchial infection with Syngamus laryngeus (Gapeworm) in a 42-year-old woman is described. Following presentation with chronic cough, haemoptysis and weight loss, a pair of worms was removed at bronchoscopy, with resolution of symptoms.

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