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Case Reports
. 2024 Mar;20(1):230182.
doi: 10.1183/20734735.0182-2023. Epub 2024 May 14.

Heat, water and the fateful photo

Rūdolfs Vilde  1   2 , Iļja Drjagunovs  2   3 , Zaiga Kravale  1   2 , Aija Vilde  3   4 , Ilze Priedīte  5
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Heat, water and the fateful photo

Rūdolfs Vilde et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2024 Mar.

Abstract

A 52-year-old Caucasian male was referred to the pulmonology department in a university hospital in Riga, Latvia, due to a chest CT scan performed on an outpatient basis. Acquiring the patient's history leads us to a waterfall. And the fateful photo. https://bit.ly/3IuxAKj.

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Conflict of interest: The authors have nothing to disclose.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
a–c) Chest computed tomography (CT) scan (maximum intensity projection reconstruction) prior to hospitalisation. Reproduced courtesy of Ilze Priedīte (Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvia).
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
A summary of the patient's trip. The map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is reproduced from https://ontheworldmap.com/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/road-map-of-democratic-republic-of-the-congo.html.
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Parasite egg found on stool microscopy. Reproduced courtesy of the Latvian Centre of Infectious Diseases, Riga East University Hospital, Latvia.
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
a–c) The follow-up chest computed tomography (CT) scan 2 months after treatment. c) The left image is from the scan taken at presentation, the right image is from the scan 2 months after treatment. Reproduced courtesy of Ilze Priedīte (Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvia).
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