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Title: [Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: the first case observed in Greece]. Author: Pampiglione S, Rivasi F, Vakalis N. Journal: Ann Pathol; 2000 Dec; 20(6):626-8. PubMed ID: 11148361. Abstract: We report a case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis in a 31-year-old man residing in the Aigion (Pelopennesus) Greece. The patient was hospitalized for fever of unknown cause. The chest x-ray showed a coin lesion in the left lung. Lung cancer was suspected and lobectomy was performed. Pathology reported presence of a nematode in an infarcted nodule. Its morphology enabled the diagnosis of an immature female Dirofaria repens. Twenty-two cases of human subcutaneous or subconjunctival human dirofilariasis have been reported. The present case is the first located in the lung.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]