Pedro Daltro MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Taisa Davaus Gasparetto MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Gustavo S. P. Meirelles MD,PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Celia Maria Ferrari, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Maria E. Ucar MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Antonio Soares Souza MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Cesar Araujo Neto, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Edson Marchiori MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Klaus Loureiro Irion MD,PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Dolores Tanus Bustelo MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

This exhibit aims to illustrate and discuss the main tropical and subtropical parasitic diseases affecting the chest and abdomen in pediatric patients. The imaging, clinical and pathological findings will be stressed, with emphasis in the discussion of sample cases.

The parasitic infections discussed include: - Protozoa:Malaria, amebiasis, trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) - Nematodes:Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, Toxocariasis, Strongyloidiasis, Hydatidosis, Cysticercosis - Trematodes: Schistosomiasis

- Tropical and subtropical parasitic diseases are very common worldwide and will probably become more frequent due to increasing globalization and changes in natural ecosystem and climate. - As chest and abdomen are frequently involved, knowledge about chest parasitic diseases is crucial for their prompt recognition and appropriate treatment.

Daltro, P, Gasparetto, T, Meirelles, G, Ferrari, C, Ucar, M, Souza, A, Neto, C, Marchiori, E, Irion, K, Bustelo, D, The World of Parasites: Overview of Imaging Findings.  Radiological Society of North America 2012 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 25 - November 30, 2012 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2012/12036692.html