Human pulmonary dirofilariasis disguising as a lung tumour.

We described a case of pulmonary dirofilariasis of a 40-year-old woman, presenting with cough and haemoptysis for one week. It is a rare zoonotic disease in human beings, usually caused by incidental infection of Dirofilaria immitis. PMID: 30786694 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Polish Journal of Pathology - Category: Pathology Tags: Pol J Pathol Source Type: research