Human pulmonary dirofilariasis associated with pleural effusion.
Tuberculosis, untreated pneumonia and other chest infections were excluded as possible causes of histological features observed in patient who had been discovered in a chest X-ray survey. Pleural effusion was eventually attributed to a dirofilarial granuloma found in a small pulmonary artery.
D000328:Adult; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*