A rare case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis with a growing pulmonary nodule after migrating infiltration shadows, mimicking primary lung carcinoma

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary dirofilariasis is a rare pulmonary parasitic infection by the nematode Dirofilaria immitis. It is characterized by an asymptomatic pulmonary nodule usually seen on chest X-ray. The differential diagnosis of pulmonary dirofilariasis includes other pulmonary diseases, primary l...

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Autores principales: Haro, Akira, Tamiya, Sadafumi, Nagashima, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27015012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.03.023

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