Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’

A 38-year old male was referred from an Acute Medical Unit to a regional Tropical Infectious Disease Unit with a seven-week history of dyspnoea, wheeze and cough reportedly productive of worms. The patient had taken photographs of the expectorated substance which allowed macroscopic examination by a...

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Autores principales:	Rebecca Watson, Hugh Adler, Tom Wingfield
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Eosinophilia Worms Bronchial casts Travel Asthma Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/d4af37b2292a4c4eaaf658789a221147
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d4af37b2292a4c4eaaf658789a2211472021-11-04T04:39:17ZImage challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’2590-170210.1016/j.clinpr.2021.100105https://doaj.org/article/d4af37b2292a4c4eaaf658789a2211472021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259017022100042Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2590-1702A 38-year old male was referred from an Acute Medical Unit to a regional Tropical Infectious Disease Unit with a seven-week history of dyspnoea, wheeze and cough reportedly productive of worms. The patient had taken photographs of the expectorated substance which allowed macroscopic examination by a consultant in infectious diseases. Fresh samples were also sent for histological examination. Initial investigations showed a prominent eosinophilia of 2.5 × 109/ml (0.0-0.4 × 109/ml).Rebecca WatsonHugh AdlerTom WingfieldElsevierarticleEosinophiliaWormsBronchial castsTravelAsthmaAllergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosisInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENClinical Infection in Practice, Vol 12, Iss , Pp 100105- (2021)
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topic	Eosinophilia Worms Bronchial casts Travel Asthma Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
spellingShingle	Eosinophilia Worms Bronchial casts Travel Asthma Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Rebecca Watson Hugh Adler Tom Wingfield Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’
description	A 38-year old male was referred from an Acute Medical Unit to a regional Tropical Infectious Disease Unit with a seven-week history of dyspnoea, wheeze and cough reportedly productive of worms. The patient had taken photographs of the expectorated substance which allowed macroscopic examination by a consultant in infectious diseases. Fresh samples were also sent for histological examination. Initial investigations showed a prominent eosinophilia of 2.5 × 109/ml (0.0-0.4 × 109/ml).
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title	Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’
title_short	Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’
title_full	Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’
title_fullStr	Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’
title_full_unstemmed	Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’
title_sort	image challenge: beware of diagnostic anchoring – an offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
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Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring – An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of ‘worms’

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