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ArticleWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)2025

Pulmonary presentation and coil marcation of dirofilaria lung coin nodes - case report.

Tomislav Bečejac, Luka Marcelić, Damir Danolić, Marko Vrančić, Dorian Hiršl, Dubravko Jalšovec

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Article in Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tomislav BečejacClinical Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Luka MarcelićDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia. luka.marcelic2@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5984-445X
Damir DanolićDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Marko VrančićClinical Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Dorian HiršlClinical Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Dubravko JalšovecClinical Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

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Abstract

Clinicians face significant diagnostic challenges when dealing with nodal lesions of the lung. The majority of lung nodules are benign; however, a significant number can be cancerous. Dirofilaria infestation should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of nodal lung lesions. Most patients with Dirofilaria infestation are asymptomatic. To determine the etiology of nodal lung infiltrations, procedures like radiological imaging, bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA), transthoracic biopsy (TTB), tumor markers, nonspecific serological tests, or surgical removal of the lung coin lesions can be performed. Coil marking of the smaller lung lesions under computed tomography (CT) guidance is a helpful tool in determining the position and localization of the nodal lung lesions. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) wedge resection is a diagnostic and therapeutic method of choice. No additional treatment of Dirofilaria other than wedge resection of the lung is necessary.

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DirofilariasisLung Diseases, ParasiticAnimalsDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansLungLung NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedTomography, X-Ray ComputedCoil markingCoin lesionsDirofilariaRobot-assisted thoracoscopic surgeryVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

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