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JOURNAL OF INFECTION
Volume 56, Issue 4, Pages 241-243Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.01.007
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Dirofilaria; lung cancer; lung infections
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Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, may accidentally infect humans and manifest as a subpleural solitary or multiple pulmonary nodules that are often difficult to differentiate from primary or metastatic lung tumors. Our patient had biopsy proven lung cancer and a second Lesion found to be pulmonary dirofilariasis after excision. The coexistence of pulmonary infection and cancer must be considered whenever 2 or more lesions have different clinical and radiologic behavior. Pulmonary dirofilariasis is a rare cause of lung nodules and may be present with lung cancer even more infrequently. (C) 2008 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. ALL rights reserved.
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