Pulmonary Dirofilariasis in a Patient with Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis - The First Reported Case in Thailand
SANYA SUKPANICHNANT, M.D.*, WANCHAI DEJSOMRITRUTAI, M.D.***, WANCHAI WANACHIWANAWIN,M.D.***, WANNER NITIYANANT,M.D.*** VI CHIT LEENUTTAPONG, M.D.**, KLEOPHANT THAKERNGPOL, M.Sc.*, UDOM KACHINTORN, M.D.***,
Affiliation : * Department of Pathology, ** Department of Dermatology, *** Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
Abstract Despite a high prevalence of canine dimfilariasis, there is no case of pulmonary dim- filariasis reported from Thailand. We herein report a case of multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis who had an incidental pulmonary dirofilariasis found at the time of autopsy as a solitary nodule at the periphery of the right lower lobe. This is the first reported case in Thailand. Association between pulmonary dirofilariasis and Langerhans cell histiocytosis has not been described before in the literature.
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