Year: 1990
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We report a new European case of pulmonary dirofilariasis occurring in an Italian patient. The paper emphasizes the peculiar pathological features of Pulmonary Dirofilariasis, that, on clinical and radiological grounds, closely imitates primary or secondary neoplasms. The disease characteristically presents itself as a solitary subpleural coin-like lesion, histologically corresponding to a well demarcated, roughly spherical infarct, centered by a medium-sized thrombosed artery whose lumen contains the parasite, i.e. a Dirofilaria nematode.
Source: PubMed
Authors: G Fabbretti, F Fedeli, A Alessi, M Boaron, V Salpietro, M Brisigotti
Institution: Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1878212725