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Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis
We describe a rare case of Dirofilaria repens infection presenting as peripheral lung nodules and mimicking a metastatic focus from a previously diagnosed cutaneous melanoma. To avoid invasive investigations before arriving at the correct diagnosis, dirofilariasis should be included as a part of the...
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419985/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30895199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz049 |
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author | Oliva, A Gabrielli, S Pernazza, A Pagini, A Daralioti, T Mantovani, S Mattiucci, S D’Amati, G Mastroianni, C M |
author_facet | Oliva, A Gabrielli, S Pernazza, A Pagini, A Daralioti, T Mantovani, S Mattiucci, S D’Amati, G Mastroianni, C M |
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description | We describe a rare case of Dirofilaria repens infection presenting as peripheral lung nodules and mimicking a metastatic focus from a previously diagnosed cutaneous melanoma. To avoid invasive investigations before arriving at the correct diagnosis, dirofilariasis should be included as a part of the diagnostic process in subjects with lung nodules who live in (or have traveled to) endemic regions. |
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spelling | pubmed-64199852019-03-20 Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis Oliva, A Gabrielli, S Pernazza, A Pagini, A Daralioti, T Mantovani, S Mattiucci, S D’Amati, G Mastroianni, C M Open Forum Infect Dis ID Image We describe a rare case of Dirofilaria repens infection presenting as peripheral lung nodules and mimicking a metastatic focus from a previously diagnosed cutaneous melanoma. To avoid invasive investigations before arriving at the correct diagnosis, dirofilariasis should be included as a part of the diagnostic process in subjects with lung nodules who live in (or have traveled to) endemic regions. Oxford University Press 2019-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6419985/ /pubmed/30895199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz049 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | ID Image Oliva, A Gabrielli, S Pernazza, A Pagini, A Daralioti, T Mantovani, S Mattiucci, S D’Amati, G Mastroianni, C M Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis |
title |
Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis |
title_full |
Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis |
title_fullStr |
Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis |
title_full_unstemmed |
Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis |
title_short |
Dirofilaria repens Infection Mimicking Lung Melanoma Metastasis |
title_sort | dirofilaria repens infection mimicking lung melanoma metastasis |
topic | ID Image |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419985/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30895199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz049 |
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