[Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm disease): a rare cause of calcification (author's transl].
Tangled whorly calcifications were seen in the abdominal subcutaneous tissues of a negro patient from Africa. The differential diagnosis of such calcifications - rarely observed in Europe - includes a variety of parasities. In this patient, dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm disease) was the cause.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004320:Dracunculiasis / Q000150:complications*; D004321:Dracunculus Nematode; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Dracunculus medinensis, eine seltene Verkalkung.