Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: the first case observed in Greece

We report a case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis in a 31-year-old man res iding in the Aigion (Pelopennesus) Greece. The patient was hospitalized for fryer of unknown cause. The chest x-ray showed a coin lesion in the left l ung. Lung cancer was suspected and lobectomy was performed. Pathology repor ted presence of a nematode in an infarcted nodule. Its morphology enabled t he diagnosis of an immature female Dirofaria repens. Twenty-two cases of hu man subcutaneous or subconjunctival human dirofilariasis have been reported . The present case is the first located in the lung.