title: Dirofilaria repens infection case in Hungary: a case report.
abstract: A 51-year-old female developed urticarial lesions of her right forearm which progressed into transient edema and subcutaneous swelling. Later a small infiltrated subcutaneous nodule also appeared and was removed in toto. Histopathological examination revealed the presence of Dirofilaria repens. This worm is the cause of an endemic zoonosis in the Mediterranean area. In the past decade many cases have been reported worldwide, but the condition appears rare in Hungary and skin findings have not been described.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis University, Faculty for Medicine Clinic for Dermatology, Venerology and Dermato-oncology, Budapest, Hungary. p_katinka@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Katinka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pónyai
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wikonkál
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bottlik
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hársing
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kucsera
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: Sarolta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kárpáti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015047:Zoonoses