RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dog heartworm causing necrotizing granuloma of the lung
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 39
OP 42
VO 58
IS 1
A1 Diaz, Jose I.
A1 Ladaga, Leopoldo H.
A1 Cundiff, Maria
A1 Baker, James
YR 1991
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/1/39.abstract
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.