Pulmonary dirofilariasis mimicking lung cancer

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-34

  Gómez Merino, Elia ^a   Chiner, E ^a   Signes Costa, J ^a   Arriero, J M ^a   Zaragozi M V ^a   Onrubia, J A ^a   Mayol, M J ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario de Sant Joan d'Alacant   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Pulmonary dirofilariasis; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 14244270720     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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