Gamuts

Parasitic disease

A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Many parasites do not cause diseases as it may eventually lead to death of both organism and host. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Subtypes
Filariasis
Paragonimiasis
May Cause
Air-space opacity in leukemia or lymphoma
Basal ganglion calcification
Bronchopleural fistula
Cavitary lung lesion in an infant or child
Constrictive pericarditis
Diffuse interstitial disease with pleural effusion
Lobar atelectasis
Mediastinal and/or hilar lymph node enlargement
Miliary lung opacities
Multiple pleural masses
Pleural calcification
Pleural thickening
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Recurrent pneumonia
Segmental atelectasis
Solitary irregular cavitary lung lesion
Solitary pulmonary nodule
Solitary sharply-outlined cavitary lung lesion

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