Journal article
Multimodality Imaging of Helminthic Infections
Radiographics, Vol.45(8), e240086
08/2025
DOI: 10.1148/rg.240086
PMID: 40705688
Abstract
Parasitic worms (ie, helminths) encompass a broad spectrum of organisms that lead to a myriad of acute, chronic, and multisystemic disease manifestations rooted in the life cycles of helminths, their migratory paths within humans, and the immunologic reactions they provoke. Although geographic distribution is traditionally given substantial consideration in the process of diagnosing these diseases, increased world travel and migration has resulted in cases all over the world. Because physicians in areas where these organisms are nonendemic are less likely to be familiar with them, the diseases are unexpected, resulting in difficulty and delay in diagnosis and appropriate treatment of patients. The authors aim to familiarize radiologists with helminthiases and their imaging findings, including diseases caused b y cestodes (tapeworms) such as
and
, trematodes (flatworms) such as
and
species, and nematodes (roundworms) such as
and various types of filaria. By interlinking parasite transmission and disease development mechanisms with the observable patterns at imaging, the authors help to elucidate how and why these manifestations appear as they do. Radiologists will enhance their ability to identify typical and atypical sequelae of helminthiases with multiple imaging modalities, including US, CT, and MRI and other imaging techniques, using an organism-based approach.
RSNA, 2025 Supplemental material is available for this article. See the invited commentary by Volpacchio in this issue.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Multimodality Imaging of Helminthic Infections
- Creators
- Nadia Solomon - Yale UniversityFrancisco Calle - Hospital Militar CentralMine Sorkun - Koç UniversityAntariksh Vijay Vijan - Tata Memorial HospitalYashant Aswani - University of IowaAnne Sailer - Yale UniversityVikram Singh Dogra - University of Rochester Medical CenterAngel Donato - Hospital Militar CentralPedro Lourenco Lino - Universidade de São PauloKhaled M Elsayes - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterMaria Cristina Chammas - Universidade de São PauloMargarita V Revzin - Yale University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Radiographics, Vol.45(8), e240086
- DOI
- 10.1148/rg.240086
- PMID
- 40705688
- NLM abbreviation
- Radiographics
- ISSN
- 1527-1323
- eISSN
- 1527-1323
- Publisher
- RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA (RSNA)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2025
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984865308002771
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