Lymphatic Filariasis Presenting as a Swelling over the Upper Arm: A Case Report

Filariasis continues to be one of the endemic problems worldwide with 40% of the cases in India. We report a case of lymphatic filariasis in a 32-year old female who presented with a non-tender swelling over left upper arm. Blood sample showed no eosinophilia while the FNAC was diagnostic of W. banc...

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Autores principales: Sharma, GM, Bhardwaj, AR, Relwani, NR, Dubey, S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5920265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29725519
http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1803.016
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description Filariasis continues to be one of the endemic problems worldwide with 40% of the cases in India. We report a case of lymphatic filariasis in a 32-year old female who presented with a non-tender swelling over left upper arm. Blood sample showed no eosinophilia while the FNAC was diagnostic of W. bancrofti. Patient responded well with oral diethylcarbamazine. High index of suspicion of filariasis is indicated when dealing with a swelling of unknown cause especially in filariasis endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-59202652018-05-03 Lymphatic Filariasis Presenting as a Swelling over the Upper Arm: A Case Report Sharma, GM Bhardwaj, AR Relwani, NR Dubey, S Malays Orthop J Original Article Filariasis continues to be one of the endemic problems worldwide with 40% of the cases in India. We report a case of lymphatic filariasis in a 32-year old female who presented with a non-tender swelling over left upper arm. Blood sample showed no eosinophilia while the FNAC was diagnostic of W. bancrofti. Patient responded well with oral diethylcarbamazine. High index of suspicion of filariasis is indicated when dealing with a swelling of unknown cause especially in filariasis endemic areas. Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5920265/ /pubmed/29725519 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1803.016 Text en © 2018 Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA). All Rights Reserved http://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 work is properly cited
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Lymphatic Filariasis Presenting as a Swelling over the Upper Arm: A Case Report
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title_short Lymphatic Filariasis Presenting as a Swelling over the Upper Arm: A Case Report
title_sort lymphatic filariasis presenting as a swelling over the upper arm: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5920265/
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