Human Pulmonary Dirofilarial Granuloma

Chesney, Thomas McC.; Martínez, Luis Crespo; Painter, Max W.

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(10)60460-2

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“…This aids identification of D immitis from the other dirofilaria worms (D repens, D ursi, D tenuis, and D conjunctiva). Compared with the other dirofilariae, D immitis measures 100-300 pm in diameter and has a smooth non-ridged multilayered cuticle, [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] pm thick, with diametrically opposed internal longitudinal ridges formed by lateral cords, thick bands of somatic muscle, and a central digestive tube. In contrast, the other dirofilar-iae differ in size, have ridged cuticles, and differing amounts of musculature.…”

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Non-specific fluorescent whitener stains in the rapid recognition of pulmonary dirofilariasis: a report of 20 cases.

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Ansari

Schwartz

et al. 1994

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confidence: 99%

Non-specific fluorescent whitener stains in the rapid recognition of pulmonary dirofilariasis: a report of 20 cases.

Green

Ansari

Schwartz

et al. 1994

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Pulmonary coin lesions caused by Dirofilaria immitis

Bailey

Sohrabi

1990

Journal of Surgical Oncology

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The dog heartworm Dirofilaria immitis has been diagnosed by thoracotomy as the etiology of neoplastic-appearing nodules in two patients in the Peoria, Illinois area. This brings the total number of reported cases of human pulmonary dirofilariasis to approximately 81 in the United States. The major concern of this benign disease is that in making the diagnosis the patients undergo the risk of surgery because of the presumed preoperative diagnosis of cancer. Greater awareness of this disease is needed as the geographic distribution of human pulmonary dirofilariasis expands in this country.

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Human dirofilariasis with reactive arthritis — Case report and review of the literature

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A 43-year-old German man suffered from an insect bite, which was followed by a severe local inflammation and lymphadenitis. A year later, he developed dry cough, chest pain, and an oligoarthritis of the ankle and knee joints. While other causes of the symptoms could be excluded, serologic findings suggested a dirofilarial infection with reactive arthritis due to the parasite. The observation points out, that in cases of unclassifiable mono- or oligoarthritis, reactive arthritis due to parasites should be considered in the spectrum of differential diagnoses. The disease is rare at present, but its frequency might be underestimated because of the diagnostic difficulties. Dirofilarial infection should be borne in mind after a stay abroad. The present case, however, shows, that the disease also occurs in patients who had not travelled to regions of risk in recent years.

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Human Pulmonary Dirofilarial Granuloma

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Non-specific fluorescent whitener stains in the rapid recognition of pulmonary dirofilariasis: a report of 20 cases.

Non-specific fluorescent whitener stains in the rapid recognition of pulmonary dirofilariasis: a report of 20 cases.

Pulmonary coin lesions caused by Dirofilaria immitis

Human dirofilariasis with reactive arthritis — Case report and review of the literature

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