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HUMAN PULMONARY DIROFILARIASIS ASSOCIATED WITH PLEURAL EFFUSION
Author(s) -
Moorhouse D. E.,
Abrahams E. W.,
Stephens B. J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb115488.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , dirofilariasis , pneumonia , granuloma , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , radiology , pathology , pleural thickening , pulmonary artery , pleurisy
Tuberculosis, untreated pneumonia and other chest infections were excluded as possible causes of histological features observed in a patient who had been discovered in a chest X‐ray survey. Pleural effusion was eventually attributed to a dirofilarial granuloma found in a small pulmonary artery.