Solitary pulmonary nodule due to dirofilariasis

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-200

  Wand, Austin ^a,b   Kasirajan, Lakshmi P ^a   Sridhar, Sundara ^a  

^a State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria; Dirofilariasis; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA; DISEASE COURSE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIROFILARIASIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033921725     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200007000-00009     Document Type: Article

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