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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 34(6), 1985, pp. 1142-1143
Copyright © 1985 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Pulmonary Dirofilariasis in a Costa Rican Man

Rodrigo Brenes*, Paul C. Beaver{dagger}, Eduardo Monge* AND Luis Zamora{ddagger}
* University of Costa Rica Department of Parasitology, San Jose, Costa Rica
{dagger} Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
{ddagger} Hospital Monsenor Sanabria, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

In a 33-year-old male Costa Rican who died of undetermined cause 2 hours after admission to hospital, autopsy revealed a small female Dirofilaria causing a recent hemorrhagic infarct unlike the pale coin lesion usually seen in pulmonary dirofilariasis.

Accepted for publication June 8, 1985.






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