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DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830567
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Pulmonary Dirofilariasis Mimicking Lung Tumor with Chest Wall and Mediastinal Invasion
Publication History
Received August 9, 2004
Publication Date:
30 May 2005 (online)
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Abstract
We present a case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis, diagnosed in a 55-year-old heavy smoker (male) by wedge resection of the pulmonary lesion and histologic examination. The dirofilaria lesion had the clinical and radiographic appearance of a peripheral pulmonary lesion invading the anterior chest wall and mediastinum. The reported radiographic image of the disease is different from the usually described picture of a pulmonary coin lesion.
Key words
Dirofilaria immitis - canine heart worm - pulmonary dirofilariasis - pulmonary infarct - dirofilarial lung granuloma
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