Pulmonary capillariasis miming bronchial carcinoma.
Pulmonary capillariasis is a zoonotic disease caused by the cosmopolitan nematode Capillaria aerophila, which circulates among wild carnivorous and omnivorous mammals. Only 11 cases have been documented to date. We describe a cryptic case of pulmonary capillariasis in a Serbian woman that resembled a bronchial carcinoma.
Lalosević
Dusan
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Faculty of Medicine and Clinical Center, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. pasteuri@Eunet.yu
Lalosević
Vesna
V
Klem
Istvan
I
Stanojev-Jovanović
Dusica
D
Pozio
Edoardo
E
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002195:Capillaria; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed