Autor(es): 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
Data: 2019
Origem: Oasisbr
Assunto(s): Dirofilariasis; Zoonosis; Pulmonary nodule
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.
