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Pulmonary coin lesions caused by Dirofilaria immitis
Author(s) -
Bailey Timothy S.,
Sohrabi Abdolkarim,
Roberts Andstuart S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930440415
Subject(s) - dirofilaria immitis , medicine , pathology , dermatology , helminths , immunology
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.