An unexpected zoonosis: pulmonary dirofilaria infection mimicking pulmonary neoplasm

Pulmonary dirofilaria infection is a rare condition in Australasia. We describe a case with radiographic findings concerning for pulmonary malignancy, with the unexpected pathological diagnosis of dirofilarial infection.

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Autores principales: Maxwell, Gordon, Sood, Jaideep, Allpress, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.484
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spelling pubmed-67275862019-09-12 An unexpected zoonosis: pulmonary dirofilaria infection mimicking pulmonary neoplasm Maxwell, Gordon Sood, Jaideep Allpress, Stephen Respirol Case Rep Case Reports Pulmonary dirofilaria infection is a rare condition in Australasia. We describe a case with radiographic findings concerning for pulmonary malignancy, with the unexpected pathological diagnosis of dirofilarial infection. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2019-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6727586/ /pubmed/31516709 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.484 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727586/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.484
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