title: [A patient with loiasis following a trip to Central Africa].
abstract: A 45-year-old man from the Netherlands who travelled a lot and who had visited Cameroon, amongst other places, presented a few months after his trip with transient unilateral swellings (so-called Calabar swellings), located on his forearms, hands, fingers and feet, and which were accompanied by pruritus, pain, signs of scratching, arthralgia, general fatigue and evident eosinophilia. The differential diagnosis included strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, filariasis (in particular loiasis) and hypereosinophilia syndrome. Loiasis was diagnosed by means of positive IgG4 serology against Loa loa. The patient was treated with albendazole and remained free of swellings after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Dermatologie, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: van Kortenhof
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Jaspers
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D002163:Cameroon; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008117:Loa / Q000276:immunology; D008118:Loiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D005369:Filaricides; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015766:Albendazole