Human Dirofilariasis Infection in the Forehead: A Case Report
Mahsa Mohammadkhani, Navid Abdi, Khojasteh Sharifi-Sarasiabi · 2023
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Description
Mahsa Mohammadkhani, Navid Abdi, and Khojasteh Sharifi-Sarasiabi report, in a 2023 case study, a worm infection found in an unusual place: a young woman's forehead. The disease, dirofilariasis, comes from dog heartworm relatives carried by mosquitoes, and humans are accidental hosts. The warm climate of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran suits the mosquitoes that spread it.
The twenty-year-old patient came to a surgeon with a lump on her forehead. Under the microscope, slices of the removed tissue showed cross-sections of a worm ringed by dead tissue, matching the Dirofilaria genus. The authors believe this is the first human case in Iran reported in the forehead. They publish the case so that doctors in similar climates will add this infection to their list of suspects when a puzzling lump appears.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mahsa Mohammadkhani, Navid Abdi, Khojasteh Sharifi-Sarasiabi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |