Pillay B1 , Azman Abdul Wahab2, Lim Gaik Lan2
1. Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur
2. Department of Medicine, General Hospital Johore Baru, Malaysia
CITATION: Pillay B, Azman Abdul Wahab, Lim Gaik Lan. Fatal Strongyloides hyperinfection in a case of adenocarcinoma lung. International Medical Research Journal. 1997 Jun;1(1):45–7.
ABSTRACT
Routine cytologic evaluation of sputum from an elderly male patient clinically suspected to have acute bronchopneumonia and gastroenteritis, revealed abundant malignant cells classified as adenocarcinoma and numerous larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis which were also identified subsequently in stool examination. The patient died soon after admission. The clinical manifestations and fatal course are compatible with a S. stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome resulting from the cachexia, malnutrition and depressed immunity associated with the lung carcinoma.
KEYWORDS: cytodiagnosis, strongyloidiasis, adenocarcinoma lung
