title: [Parasitic pseudotumors due to filaroid nematodes].
abstract: Four cases of subcutaneous pseudo-tumour caused by filaroid nematodes are described. The histological picture was marked by granulomatous reaction, with a necrotic centre containing filariae in various stages of regression.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Pseudotumori parassitari da nematode filarioide