A Case of Human Pulmonary Dirofilariasis in a 48-Year-Old Korean Man

Dirofilariasis is a rare disease in humans. We report here a case of a 48-year-old male who was diagnosed with pulmonary dirofilariasis in Korea. On chest radiographs, a coin lesion of 1 cm in diameter was shown. Although it looked like a benign inflammatory nodule, malignancy could not be excluded....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Korean journal of parasitology 2013-10, Vol.51 (5), p.569-572
Hauptverfasser:	Kang, Hyo Jae, Park, Young Sik, Lee, Chang-Hoon, Lee, Sang-Min, Yim, Jae-Joon, Yoo, Chul-Gyu, Kim, Young Whan, Han, Sung Koo, Chai, Jong-Yil, Lee, Jinwoo
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Case Report Diagnosis, Differential Dirofilaria immitis - isolation & purification Dirofilariasis - diagnosis Dirofilariasis - parasitology Dirofilariasis - surgery Humans Lung - pathology Lung Diseases, Parasitic - diagnosis Lung Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology Lung Diseases, Parasitic - surgery Male Middle Aged Republic of Korea Treatment Outcome
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