title: [Dirofilaria in the abdominal cavity].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Szt. Pantaleon Kórház, Altalános Sebészeti Osztály, 2400 Dunaújváros, Korányi S. u. 4-6. revesze@freemail.hu
authors.forename: Erzsébet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Révész
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Markovics
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Darabos
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fok
mesh_terms: 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