title: Dirofilaria (dog heartworm): a rare cause of pulmonary nodules in the United States.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Christiana Care Health System , Newark, Delaware.
authors.forename: Michael Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Caposole
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bustillo-Aruca
authors.forename: Cynthia E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States