A human case of subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens in Vietnam: histologic and molecular confirmation.
Human dirofilariasis caused by infection with Dirofilaria worms has been frequently reported. The symptoms associated with infection by these filarial parasites, which are transmitted to humans by zooanthropophilic mosquitoes, are characterized by mainly pulmonary and subcutaneous nodules. Here, we report the first case in Vietnam of a subcutaneous dirofilariasis with a painful nodule in the right eyelid. An immature female worm was removed by excisional biopsy and identified as Dirofilaria repens by histology and DNA analysis.
Dang
Thi Cam Thach
TC
Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, No. 245, Luong The Vinh street, Tu Liem, BC 10200, Hanoi, Vietnam. dtcthach@gmail.com
Nguyen
Thu Huong
TH
Do
Trung Dung
TD
Uga
Shoji
S
Morishima
Yasuyuki
Y
Sugiyama
Hiromu
H
Yamasaki
Hiroshi
H
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D014744:Vietnam
D018509:DNA, Helminth