A rare case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis with nodules mimicking malignancy: approach to diagnosis and treatment

BACKGROUND: Human pulmonary dirofilariasis is a rare zoonosis caused by the dog worm Dirofilaria spp., a parasite transmitted by mosquitos and resulting in peripheral lung nodules. The filarial nematode enters the subcutaneous tissue, travels to the right ventricle and dies causing a small pulmonary...

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Argitaratua izan da:J Cardiothorac Surg
Egile Nagusiak: Ferrari, Paolo Albino, Grisolia, Antonella, Reale, Stefano, Liotta, Rosa, Mularoni, Alessandra, Bertani, Alessandro
Formatua: Artigo
Hizkuntza:Inglês
Argitaratua: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996523/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29891007
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-018-0750-5
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