Calcification of the breasts due to loiasis

A 53-year-old HIV-positive female from Cameroon was diagnosed with loiasis in 2013 due to symptoms of polyarthritis and laboratory confirmed eosinophilia. Because of high microfilaremia primary treatment was given with two courses of albendazol and ivermectin and completed with a course of diethylca...

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Autores principales: Lemmenmeier, Eva, Keller, Nicole, Chuck, Natalie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Illustrated
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.01.009
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description A 53-year-old HIV-positive female from Cameroon was diagnosed with loiasis in 2013 due to symptoms of polyarthritis and laboratory confirmed eosinophilia. Because of high microfilaremia primary treatment was given with two courses of albendazol and ivermectin and completed with a course of diethylcarbamazine. Therapy was successful as symptoms, eosinophilia and microfilaremia disappeared. In 2015, she had a gynecology check-up where a screening mammography showed several round and linear, meandering calcifications in both breasts, the latter are typically seen in filariasis.
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spelling pubmed-48026682016-04-05 Calcification of the breasts due to loiasis Lemmenmeier, Eva Keller, Nicole Chuck, Natalie IDCases Case Illustrated A 53-year-old HIV-positive female from Cameroon was diagnosed with loiasis in 2013 due to symptoms of polyarthritis and laboratory confirmed eosinophilia. Because of high microfilaremia primary treatment was given with two courses of albendazol and ivermectin and completed with a course of diethylcarbamazine. Therapy was successful as symptoms, eosinophilia and microfilaremia disappeared. In 2015, she had a gynecology check-up where a screening mammography showed several round and linear, meandering calcifications in both breasts, the latter are typically seen in filariasis. Elsevier 2016-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4802668/ /pubmed/27051574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.01.009 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802668/
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