Pulmonary dirofilariasis in a Costa Rican man.
In a 33-year-old male Costa Rican who died of undetermined cause 2 hours after admission to hospital, autopsy revealed a small female Dirofilaria causing a recent hemorrhagic infarct unlike the pale coin lesion usually seen in pulmonary dirofilariasis.
D000328:Adult; D003364:Costa Rica; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000469:parasitology