Human gnathostomiasis in Ecuador (nodular migratory eosinophilic panniculitis). First finding of the parasite in South America.
Fifteen patients with human gnathostomiasis are reported from Ecuador. The name "nodular migratory eosinphilic panniculitis" is proposed because of the histopathologic and clinical changes found in two cases in which the parasite was found on biopsy.
D000328:Adult; D004484:Ecuador; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology