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Strongyloidiasis

Strongyloidiasis is a human parasitic disease caused by the nematode called Strongyloides stercoralis, or sometimes S. fülleborni which is a type of helminth. It belongs to a group of nematodes called roundworms. [Source: Wikipedia ]

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Strongyloidiasis 
May Cause
Acute nonobstructive small bowel distention
Air-space opacity in leukemia or lymphoma
Cecal lesion
Colon wall thickening
Combined gastric antral and duodenal disease
Deformity of gastric antrum
Duodenal narrowing or obstruction
Duodenal wall thickening
Encephalitis and meningitis
Gastric fold thickening
Gastric outlet obstruction
Generalized irregular small bowel folds
Linitis plastica pattern of stomach
Lung disease with eosinophilia
Malabsorption pattern in small bowel
Mucosal destruction of small bowel
Pleural effusion containing eosinophiles
Postbulbar duodenal ulcer
Pulmonary disease in an immunodeficient patient
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Pulmonary lobar consolidation
Pulmonary segmental consolidation
Recurrent pneumonia
Reverse butterfly pattern
Segmental narrowing of colon
Small bowel wall thickening
Smooth colon
Toxic megacolon
Widening of duodenal C-loop

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