Pseudo-tumor of the lung, a rare clinical presentation of dirofilariasis.
BACKGROUND
Pulmonary dirofilariasis is an uncommon entity. Known as a zoonotic disease it can affect humans as a secondary host. A pseudo-tumor of the lung called "coin" lesion is usually detected while performing a chest X-ray for another reason.


METHODS
We present a case of pulmonary dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria sp. in a 72 year old immunocompetent patient who underwent surgery for suspicion of a neoplasm.


CONCLUSIONS
Human pulmonary dirofilariasis should be evoked in asymptomatic patient from endemic area of canine dirofilariasis presenting with a pseudo tumor of the lung.
Hemmersbach-Miller
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Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran, Canaria, Spain.
Delmont
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Hours
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Brouqui
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000469:parasitology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000469:parasitology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D015994:Incidence; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D015995:Prevalence; D035583:Rare Diseases; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission