Zoonotic subcutaneous filaria of undetermined classification.
A necrotic adult male filaria was found in sections of a dense, fibrous, subcutaneous nodule excised from below the breast of a 61-year-old woman, resident of Mie Prefecture in Honshu, Japan. Owing to its necrotic condition, and to a lack of essential knowledge of the comparative micro-anatomy of filarial worms, a differentiation between Dirofilaria and Dipetalonema species, or member of a related group, was not possible.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*