KROK 1 2015 – Question 136 · 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. Trichinosis
- B. Fascioliasis
- C. Ascariasis
- D. Cysticercosis
- E. Echinococcosis
Hint
Ask which helminths have a larval stage that migrates through the lungs, and compare with those whose larvae settle in other organs.
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