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Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis

Doltrário,Andréa Beltrami; Valim,Natalí Caneli; Dellaspora,Ellen Aparecida Pereira Barboza; Gaspar,Gilberto Gambero; Puga,Fernanda Guioti

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 myocardit...

Date: 2019   |   Origin: Oasisbr

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