[Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: the first case observed in Greece].
We report a case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis in a 31-year-old man residing in the Aigion (Pelopennesus) Greece. The patient was hospitalized for fever of unknown cause. The chest x-ray showed a coin lesion in the left lung. Lung cancer was suspected and lobectomy was performed. Pathology reported presence of a nematode in an infarcted nodule. Its morphology enabled the diagnosis of an immature female Dirofaria repens. Twenty-two cases of human subcutaneous or subconjunctival human dirofilariasis have been reported. The present case is the first located in the lung.
Pampiglione
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Département de Santé Publique Vétérinaire et Pathologie Animale, Université de Bologne, Italie.
Rivasi
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Vakalis
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography