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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Dispatch

Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia

Helena Biasizzo1Comments to Author , Barbara Šoba, Frosina Ilovski, Matevž Harlander, Matej Lukin, Olga Blatnik, Matjaž Turel, Matevž Srpčič, Izidor Kern, and Bojana Beović
Author affiliations: University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia (H. Biasizzo, F. Ilovski, M. Harlander, M. Lukin, M. Turel, M. Srpčič, B. Beović); University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (B. Šoba); Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana (O. Blatnik); University Clinic Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia (I. Kern)

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Figure 1

Dirofilaria repens infection with subcutaneous and pleural manifestations in a woman in Slovenia. A) Erythematous itchy skin lesion on the patient’s back measuring 15 cm x 15 cm (photograph taken by the patient). B) Frontal radiograph showing large left-sided pleural effusion. C, D) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography images showing large left-sided pleural effusion, uneven thickening of pleura, and a focal, heterogeneously enhancing soft tissue mass measuring 26 mm × 16 mm × 14 mm (arrows) in the posterior inferior part of the costal pleura in the coronal (C) and sagittal (D) plane.

Figure 1. Dirofilaria repens infection with subcutaneous and pleural manifestations in a woman in Slovenia. A) Erythematous itchy skin lesion on the patient’s back measuring 15 cm x 15 cm (photograph taken by the patient). B) Frontal radiograph showing large left-sided pleural effusion. C, D) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography images showing large left-sided pleural effusion, uneven thickening of pleura, and a focal, heterogeneously enhancing soft tissue mass measuring 26 mm × 16 mm × 14 mm (arrows) in the posterior inferior part of the costal pleura in the coronal (C) and sagittal (D) plane.

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1Current affiliation: General Hospital, Novo Mesto, Slovenia.

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