Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst

Filariasis is an endemic infection seen in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, presenting with lymphatic dysfunction in the form of lymphocele, hydrocele, chyluria, or groin lymphadenovarix. We report a rare presentation of filariasis as an intra-abdominal cystic mass.

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Abhay K, Puri, Sunil Kumar, Arora, Ankur, Upreti, Lalendra, Puri, Amrender S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Abdominal
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431027
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.76048
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author Kapoor, Abhay K
Puri, Sunil Kumar
Arora, Ankur
Upreti, Lalendra
Puri, Amrender S
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description Filariasis is an endemic infection seen in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, presenting with lymphatic dysfunction in the form of lymphocele, hydrocele, chyluria, or groin lymphadenovarix. We report a rare presentation of filariasis as an intra-abdominal cystic mass.
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spelling pubmed-30563632011-03-22 Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst Kapoor, Abhay K Puri, Sunil Kumar Arora, Ankur Upreti, Lalendra Puri, Amrender S Indian J Radiol Imaging Abdominal Filariasis is an endemic infection seen in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, presenting with lymphatic dysfunction in the form of lymphocele, hydrocele, chyluria, or groin lymphadenovarix. We report a rare presentation of filariasis as an intra-abdominal cystic mass. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3056363/ /pubmed/21431027 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.76048 Text en © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Abdominal
Kapoor, Abhay K
Puri, Sunil Kumar
Arora, Ankur
Upreti, Lalendra
Puri, Amrender S
Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst
title Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst
title_full Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst
title_fullStr Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst
title_full_unstemmed Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst
title_short Case report: Filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst
title_sort case report: filariasis presenting as an intra-abdominal cyst
topic Abdominal
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431027
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.76048
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