title: [Human dirofilariasis: extraction of the living nematode from the upper lip].
abstract: Calabar swellings appearing on the head during 2 months in a 53 year old man, living in Casale Monferrato (Piedmont), were followed by the formation of a nodule 2 x 1 cm wide, in the upper lip. A mobile filiform, 12 cm long, nematode was recovered from the excised nodule. It was diagnosed as Dirofilaria repens. The region where the case occurred, is to be considered as one of the most affected areas by this parasitic zoonosis in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Parassitologia Veterinaria dell'Università di Bologna.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pampiglione
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fruttaldo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canestri Trotti
mesh_terms: D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Dirofilariasi umana: estrazione del nematode vivente da nodulo del labbro superiore.