Pulmonary dirofilariasis mimicking lung tumor with chest wall and mediastinal invasion

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-175

  Foroulis, Christophoros N ^a   Khaldi, L ^a   Desimonas, N ^a   Kalafati, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Canine heart worm; Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilarial lung granuloma; Pulmonary dirofilariasis; Pulmonary infarct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL TUMOR;

DIROFILARIASIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20444483749     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830567     Document Type: Article

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