Pulmonary coin lesions caused by Dirofilaria immitis.
J Surg Oncol
; 44(4): 268-72, 1990 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-2200928
ABSTRACT
The dog heartworm Dirofilaria immitis has been diagnosed by thoracotomy as the etiology of neoplastic-appearing nodules in two patients in the Peoria, Illinois area. This brings the total number of reported cases of human pulmonary dirofilariasis to approximately 81 in the United States. The major concern of this benign disease is that in making the diagnosis the patients undergo the risk of surgery because of the presumed preoperative diagnosis of cancer. Greater awareness of this disease is needed as the geographic distribution of human pulmonary dirofilariasis expands in this country.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Nódulo Pulmonar Solitário
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Dirofilariose
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Pneumopatias Parasitárias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Surg Oncol
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article