KROK 1 2013 – Question 179 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A patient consulted a physician about chest pain, cough, fever. Roentgenography of lungs revealed eosinophilic infiltrates which were found to contain the larvae. What kind of helminthiasis are these presentations typical for?
- A. Cysticercosis
- B. Echinococcosis
- C. Ascariasis
- D. Fascioliasis
- E. Trichinosis
Hint
Consider which helminthiases have a migratory larval stage that passes through the lungs after infection, and which instead form cysts or settle in one particular organ.
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