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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 10(1), 1961, pp. 37-38
Copyright © 1961 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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A Case of Dirofilariasis Involving the Lung

Grayson F. Dashiell
Metropolitan Hospital Clinics, Detroit, Michigan

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.






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