[Dirofilaria in the abdominal cavity].
Number of cases of filariasis have been recently reported in the Hungarian medical literature, most of them caused by Dirofilaria repens . Dirofilaria repens is a mosquito-transmitted filarioid worm in the subcutaneous tissue of dogs and cats. Human infection manifests as either subcutaneous nodules or lung parenchymal disease, which may even be asymptomatic. The authors report a human Dirofilaria repens infection of the abdominal cavity in a 61-year-old man,who underwent laparotomy for acute abdomen. Intraoperatively, local peritonitis was detected caused by a white nemathhelminth, measured 8 cm in size. Histocytology confirmed that the infection was caused by Dirofilaria repens.
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Szt. Pantaleon Kórház, Altalános Sebészeti Osztály, 2400 Dunaújváros, Korányi S. u. 4-6. revesze@freemail.hu
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D034841:Abdominal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery