[Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: the first case observed in Greece]
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Published on: December 15, 2023
S Pampiglione1, F Rivasi, N Vakalis
1Département de Santé Publique Vétérinaire et Pathologie Animale, Université de Bologne, Italie.
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.
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