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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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Autores principales: Oliva, A, Gabrielli, S, Pernazza, A, Pagini, A, Daralioti, T, Mantovani, S, Mattiucci, S, D’Amati, G, Mastroianni, C M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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.
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Oliva, A
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Pagini, A
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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
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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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