Subcutaneous Infraorbital Dirofilariasis

Dirofilariasis is a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes from domestic and wild animals. Humans accidentally get infected and can present with a lung nodule, subcutaneous mass or an ocular lesion which will be either subconjunctival or periorbital. Proper microbiological and histopathologic...

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Autores principales: Krishna, Anil S, Bilahari, N, Savithry, Ambooken, Robert P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288429
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160513
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author Krishna, Anil S
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Ambooken, Robert P
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description Dirofilariasis is a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes from domestic and wild animals. Humans accidentally get infected and can present with a lung nodule, subcutaneous mass or an ocular lesion which will be either subconjunctival or periorbital. Proper microbiological and histopathological examinations aid in proper diagnosis. Herein, we present a case report of a 64-year-old female patient from Kerala with an infraorbital mass diagnosed as dirofilariasis.
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spelling pubmed-45335592015-08-18 Subcutaneous Infraorbital Dirofilariasis Krishna, Anil S Bilahari, N Savithry, Ambooken, Robert P Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report Dirofilariasis is a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes from domestic and wild animals. Humans accidentally get infected and can present with a lung nodule, subcutaneous mass or an ocular lesion which will be either subconjunctival or periorbital. Proper microbiological and histopathological examinations aid in proper diagnosis. Herein, we present a case report of a 64-year-old female patient from Kerala with an infraorbital mass diagnosed as dirofilariasis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4533559/ /pubmed/26288429 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160513 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Subcutaneous Infraorbital Dirofilariasis
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title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous Infraorbital Dirofilariasis
title_short Subcutaneous Infraorbital Dirofilariasis
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topic E-IJD Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533559/
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