Pulmonary dirofilariasis mimicking lung tumor with chest wall and mediastinal invasion.
We present a case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis, diagnosed in a 55-year-old heavy smoker (male) by wedge resection of the pulmonary lesion and histologic examination. The dirofilaria lesion had the clinical and radiographic appearance of a peripheral pulmonary lesion invading the anterior chest wall and mediastinum. The reported radiographic image of the disease is different from the usually described picture of a pulmonary coin lesion.
Foroulis
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Larissa University Hospital, Larissa, Greece. foroulis@internet.gr
Khaldi
L
L
Desimonas
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N
Kalafati
G
G
D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography