PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Diaz, Jose I.
AU  - Ladaga, Leopoldo H.
AU  - Cundiff, Maria
AU  - Baker, James
TI  - Dog heartworm causing necrotizing granuloma of the lung
DP  - 1991 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 39--42
VI  - 58
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/1/39.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/1/39.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1991 Jan 01; 58
AB  - Pulmonary dirofilariasis was diagnosed in a 70-year-old woman by tissue examination after she underwent a right thoracotomy. The preliminary clinical diagnosis was pulmonary coin lesion of probable neoplastic nature. Pulmonary dirofilariasis, caused by the dog heartworm, is occurring with increased frequency in the United States and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary coin lesions. We describe the clinicopathological features of this case with special emphasis on the gross examination of the specimen.