Solitary pulmonary nodule due to dirofilariasis.
Pulmonary dirofilariasis can produce a noncalcified solitary nodule and therefore be mistaken for a lung cancer. Careful analysis of the imaging findings in this disease can suggest the proper evaluation and management in affected patients.
Department of Radiology, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed