title: Loiasis with pleural and peritoneal involvement.
abstract: We describe a case of atypical loiasis presenting with a chronic pleuroperitoneal effusion in a 50-year-old woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Effusions disappeared with conventional treatment and no recurrence was detected after 4 months of follow-up. Such cases of loiasis involving visceral sites have been unusually reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-CHU, Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium. christophe.GHYS@chu-brugmann.be
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghys
authors.forename: Marielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morissens
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rozen
authors.forename: Rafik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karmali
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theunissen
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000469:parasitology; D001201:Ascites / Q000469:parasitology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008118:Loiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D005369:Filaricides