Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis

Abstract Dirofilariasis is a little-known zoonosis, with dogs and cats as definitive hosts. It is caused by nematodes and transmitted by mosquito bites. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with a consumptive syndrome with two subpleural pulmonary opacities. A transthoracic lung biopsy revealed a Dirofilaria worm. Myocardial nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) demonstrated dilated cardiomyopathy after myocarditis related to dirofilariasis. Human infection is rare and occurs accidentally. The most common radiological alteration is a mainly subpleural coin lesion. Dirofilariasis is a neglected emergent disease and knowledge about it is important for differential diagnoses from neoplastic pulmonary nodules.

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Main Authors:	Doltrário,Andréa Beltrami, Valim,Natalí Caneli, Dellaspora,Ellen Aparecida Pereira Barboza, Gaspar,Gilberto Gambero, Puga,Fernanda Guioti, Fabro,Alexandre Todorovic, Brunaldi,Mariângela Ottoboni, Martinez,Roberto
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2019
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100716
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