Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring - An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of 'worms'.

Watson, Rebecca, Adler, Hugh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4437-2298 and Wingfield, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-6887 (2021) 'Image challenge: Beware of diagnostic anchoring - An offshore vessel welding inspector with eosinophilia and a cough productive of 'worms'.'. Clinical Infection in Practice, Vol 12, p. 100105.

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Abstract

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 × 10/ml (0.0-0.4 × 10/ml).

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QY Clinical Pathology > Diagnostic Tests > QY 120 Sputum QY Clinical Pathology > QY 4 General works WF Respiratory System > WF 140 Diseases of the respiratory system (General)
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinpr.2021.100105
Depositing User:	Julie Franco
Date Deposited:	25 Jan 2022 11:48
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 08:46
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/19840

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