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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
; 53(3): 173-5, 2005 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15926098
ABSTRACT
We present a case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis, diagnosed in a 55-year-old heavy smoker (male) by wedge resection of the pulmonary lesion and histologic examination. The dirofilaria lesion had the clinical and radiographic appearance of a peripheral pulmonary lesion invading the anterior chest wall and mediastinum. The reported radiographic image of the disease is different from the usually described picture of a pulmonary coin lesion.