[Diagnostic image (82). A man with different leg colors. Onchocerciasis].
A 28-year-old male refugee from Sierra Leone complained about a darker colour of his left leg with slight itching. A subcutaneous nodule on the left leg was an onchocercoma. After treatment with ivermectin the itch disappeared and the difference in skin colour slowly subsided.
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Amphia Ziekenhuis, locatie Langendijk, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Langendijk 75, 4819 EV Breda. gverburg@concepts.nl
D000328:Adult; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011537:Pruritus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012807:Sierra Leone; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012880:Skin Pigmentation
D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D005369:Filaricides; D007559:Ivermectin