Pulmonary dirofilariasis: the great imitator of primary or metastatic lung tumor. A clinicopathologic analysis of seven cases and a review of the literature.

The clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of seven patients with pulmonary dirofilariasis were studied. The findings were analyzed in conjunction with those of 76 cases previously reported from the United States. We found that, in most instances, the disease was acquired in states along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and occurred predominantly in whites (94.

Ophthalmic manifestation of metastatic basal cell carcinoma.

A case of metastatic basal cell carcinoma is reported that presented as a tearing problem caused by a paralytic ectropion from a metastasis to the parotid gland affecting the seventh cranial nerve. Features of metastatic basal cell carcinoma are discussed.