Subcutaneous Dirofilariosis of the Eyelid Brought to Poland from the Endemic Territory of Ukraine

We present the case of a 60-year-old man who was diagnosed with a subcutaneous nodule on the upper eyelid of his left eye. The patient reported multiple mosquito bites during numerous work trips to Ukraine. Histopathological examination of the nodule isolated during surgery suggested Dirofilaria rep...

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Autores principales: Rymgayłło-Jankowska, Beata, Ziaja-Sołtys, Marta, Flis, Beata, Bogucka-Kocka, Anna, Żarnowski, Tomasz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36839467
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020196
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Sumario:We present the case of a 60-year-old man who was diagnosed with a subcutaneous nodule on the upper eyelid of his left eye. The patient reported multiple mosquito bites during numerous work trips to Ukraine. Histopathological examination of the nodule isolated during surgery suggested Dirofilaria repens infestation. The infection was brought to Poland from the territory of Ukraine. Ophthalmologists must be aware of uncommon presentations of parasitic infestations when they consider infections of the ocular adnexa.

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