title: [Human pulmonary dirofilariasis].
abstract: The patient was a 60's-year-old man, who was incidentally pointed out a coin lesion in the right lung by chest radiogram. Chest computed tomography showed a round-shaped, well defined nodule of 2.5 cm in size in the right S1. Positron emission tomography did not show the accumulation of fluorodeoxyglucose in the nodule. We considered the tumor to be benign, but the patient chose surgical treatment. Partial resection of the lung was performed by thoracoscopic surgery. Histopathological diagnosis was human pulmonary dirofilariasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terasaka
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Shinpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimojima
authors.forename: Tsunehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyabe
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: Takamori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
mesh_terms: D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged