title: Pulmonary dirofilariasis: A diagnostic pitfall in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Cardiotorácicos, George Papanikolaou General Hospital, Tesalónica, Grecia.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sileli
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Cardiotorácica, George Papanikolaou General Hospital, Tesalónica, Grecia. Electronic address: stsagkarop@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sokratis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsagkaropoulos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Cardiotorácica, George Papanikolaou General Hospital, Tesalónica, Grecia.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madesis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed