title: Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in Nova Scotia.
abstract: A case of dirofilariasis in a 78-year-old woman from Nova Scotia is described along with the histological findings and the basis of identification of the parasite. The patient developed a subcutaneous nodule, which was excised. Dirofilaria ursi and ursi-like nematodes are a rare cause of subcutaneous nodules. This is the first time dirofilariasis has been diagnosed in an adult in Atlantic Canada.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Medicine; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; and Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Victoria General Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Haldane
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Walsh