A Case of Dirofilariasis Involving the Lung

1 January 1961

journal article
research article
Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Vol. 10 (1) , 37-38
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1961.10.37

Abstract

Summary Chest x-ray detected a lesion in the lung of a Detroit resident with cardiac symptoms. In the resected cyst-like lesion a filarial worm was found dead in a necrotic pulmonary artery. It was identified as Dirofilaria, apparently a female, and was thought to have been acquired in South Carolina.

Keywords

FILARIASIS/CASE REPORTS
LUNG DISEASES/CASE REPORTS