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...
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| author | Andréa Beltrami Doltrário Natalí Caneli Valim Ellen Aparecida Pereira Barboza Dellaspora Gilberto Gambero Gaspar Fernanda Guioti Puga Alexandre Todorovic Fabro Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi Roberto Martinez |
| author_facet | Andréa Beltrami Doltrário Natalí Caneli Valim Ellen Aparecida Pereira Barboza Dellaspora Gilberto Gambero Gaspar Fernanda Guioti Puga Alexandre Todorovic Fabro Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi Roberto Martinez |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-2430ede5dd7845018225ba8baf3512be2022-12-22T02:27:01ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492019-05-0152010.1590/0037-8682-0461-2018S0037-86822019000100716Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditisAndréa Beltrami DoltrárioNatalí Caneli ValimEllen Aparecida Pereira Barboza DellasporaGilberto Gambero GasparFernanda Guioti PugaAlexandre Todorovic FabroMariângela Ottoboni BrunaldiRoberto MartinezAbstract 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100716&lng=en&tlng=enDirofilariasisZoonosisPulmonary nodule |
| spellingShingle | Andréa Beltrami Doltrário Natalí Caneli Valim Ellen Aparecida Pereira Barboza Dellaspora Gilberto Gambero Gaspar Fernanda Guioti Puga Alexandre Todorovic Fabro Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi Roberto Martinez Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Dirofilariasis Zoonosis Pulmonary nodule |
| title | Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis |
| title_full | Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis |
| title_fullStr | Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis |
| title_short | Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis |
| title_sort | human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis |
| topic | Dirofilariasis Zoonosis Pulmonary nodule |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100716&lng=en&tlng=en |
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