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Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is able to detect adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men on account of the characteristic pattern of adult worm movements, known as the filarial dance sign. Furthermore, the technique is able to delineate associated pathology, such a...

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Autores principales: Mand, Sabine, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Dittrich, Matthias, Fischer, Kerstin, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC151680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12636874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-2-3
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author Mand, Sabine
Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah
Dittrich, Matthias
Fischer, Kerstin
Adjei, Ohene
Hoerauf, Achim
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Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah
Dittrich, Matthias
Fischer, Kerstin
Adjei, Ohene
Hoerauf, Achim
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description BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is able to detect adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men on account of the characteristic pattern of adult worm movements, known as the filarial dance sign. Furthermore, the technique is able to delineate associated pathology, such as hydrocoele and lymphoedema, which can be diagnosed in early stages. Ultrasonography is also useful in the assessment of macrofilaricidal effects of antifilarial medication. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of scrotal ultrasonography, in combination with a new method of digital documentation, in men infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. METHODS: Ultrasonography of the scrotal areas was carried out in 33 male patients from an endemic area in Ghana using a hand-carried ultrasound system and a linear array transducer at 7.5 MHz. Wuchereria bancrofti infection was also assessed by quantification of night blood microfilaraemia and semi-quantitative detection of circulating filarial antigen. Ultrasound findings were documented by print outs and by Digital Video sequences directly exported from the ultrasound machine which were edited in Final Cut Pro 3(® )and exported, using QuickTime(® )Pro, as MPEG-1 video. RESULTS: Worm nests, i.e. dilated lymphatic vessels with the characteristic movement patterns of worms, were found in all patients, and typical examples of larger as well as smaller nests are presented through MPEG-1 video in b- and m-modes as well as Colour Doppler and Pulse Wave Doppler images. CONCLUSION: In this study, the filarial dance sign is being made available on the Internet to readers through MPEG-1 video. This method allows for demonstration of movement patterns rather than static images. In addition, the pathologic ultrasonographic signs of filariasis can be rapidly relayed over great distances and may be helpful to other investigators or clinicians in the diagnosis of patients infected with Wuchereria bancrofti.
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spelling pubmed-1516802003-03-20 Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis Mand, Sabine Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah Dittrich, Matthias Fischer, Kerstin Adjei, Ohene Hoerauf, Achim Filaria J Research BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is able to detect adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men on account of the characteristic pattern of adult worm movements, known as the filarial dance sign. Furthermore, the technique is able to delineate associated pathology, such as hydrocoele and lymphoedema, which can be diagnosed in early stages. Ultrasonography is also useful in the assessment of macrofilaricidal effects of antifilarial medication. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of scrotal ultrasonography, in combination with a new method of digital documentation, in men infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. METHODS: Ultrasonography of the scrotal areas was carried out in 33 male patients from an endemic area in Ghana using a hand-carried ultrasound system and a linear array transducer at 7.5 MHz. Wuchereria bancrofti infection was also assessed by quantification of night blood microfilaraemia and semi-quantitative detection of circulating filarial antigen. Ultrasound findings were documented by print outs and by Digital Video sequences directly exported from the ultrasound machine which were edited in Final Cut Pro 3(® )and exported, using QuickTime(® )Pro, as MPEG-1 video. RESULTS: Worm nests, i.e. dilated lymphatic vessels with the characteristic movement patterns of worms, were found in all patients, and typical examples of larger as well as smaller nests are presented through MPEG-1 video in b- and m-modes as well as Colour Doppler and Pulse Wave Doppler images. CONCLUSION: In this study, the filarial dance sign is being made available on the Internet to readers through MPEG-1 video. This method allows for demonstration of movement patterns rather than static images. In addition, the pathologic ultrasonographic signs of filariasis can be rapidly relayed over great distances and may be helpful to other investigators or clinicians in the diagnosis of patients infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. BioMed Central 2003-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC151680/ /pubmed/12636874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-2-3 Text en Copyright © 2003 Mand et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Mand, Sabine
Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah
Dittrich, Matthias
Fischer, Kerstin
Adjei, Ohene
Hoerauf, Achim
Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
title Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
title_full Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
title_fullStr Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
title_full_unstemmed Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
title_short Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis
title_sort animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (fds) in bancroftian filariasis
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC151680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12636874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-2-3
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