Incidental diagnosis of subcutaneous filariasis with an unusual presentation in a non-endemic area—Need to worry?
Shivanee Sharma, Pooja S. Kala, Avneesh Malviya, Anjali Lakhani, Naveen Chandra · 2024
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Description
Shivanee Sharma and co-authors report a 2024 case of filariasis found by chance under the skin of a young woman in India. She lived in a hilly area where the disease is not endemic and came in with a swelling on her left forearm, an unusual site for this worm infection. A needle sample read under the microscope held adult worms, eggs, and young larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti. The authors ask how much worry such a stray finding deserves.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shivanee Sharma, Pooja S. Kala, Avneesh Malviya, Anjali Lakhani, Naveen Chandra |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |