Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis

Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. A 16-year-old boy presented with forearm swelling of two months duration. Imaging studies revealed a parasitic cyst. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed, and pharmacotherapy with diethylcarbamazine was giv...

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Autores principales: Joseph, Meghna, Krishna, Mrinal Murali, Vijayan, Akhil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10079807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37033502
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35879
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description Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. A 16-year-old boy presented with forearm swelling of two months duration. Imaging studies revealed a parasitic cyst. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed, and pharmacotherapy with diethylcarbamazine was given. A histopathological examination confirmed a diagnosis of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens. Clinicians should consider similar infections, especially in light of current climate changes and the emergence of various zoonoses. The epidemiological impact of diagnosing and preventing similar zoonotic infections is invaluable.
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spelling pubmed-100798072023-04-08 Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis Joseph, Meghna Krishna, Mrinal Murali Vijayan, Akhil Cureus General Surgery Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. A 16-year-old boy presented with forearm swelling of two months duration. Imaging studies revealed a parasitic cyst. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed, and pharmacotherapy with diethylcarbamazine was given. A histopathological examination confirmed a diagnosis of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens. Clinicians should consider similar infections, especially in light of current climate changes and the emergence of various zoonoses. The epidemiological impact of diagnosing and preventing similar zoonotic infections is invaluable. Cureus 2023-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10079807/ /pubmed/37033502 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35879 Text en Copyright © 2023, Joseph et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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