Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in Okinawa, Japan.
A nematode within a subcutaneous nodule excised from an elderly Okinawan man has been tentatively identified in sections as an immature Dirofilaria repens--the first to be reported from Japan.
D000368:Aged; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*