title: The first case of human autochtonous subconjunctival dirofilariosis in Poland and MALT lymphoma as possible consequence of this parasitosis.
abstract: The first case of human dirofilarosis in Poland was recorded in 2007. Until that time our country was free of Dirofilaria repens. Recent studies show that 21,4- 60% of dogs in Warsaw region harbour microfilariae, therefore it is becoming a growing problem in Central Europe. In April 2013 a subconjunctival D. repens was removed from the eye of 61-year-old woman. It was the twenty first case of this disease in Poland, the third case of eye dirofilaria and the fourth autochtonous case. The patient had never been abroad, so it was the first case of autochtonous human ocular dirofilariosis in Poland. Nine months after the D. repens had been removed, a MALT lymphoma was discovered. In the article we discuss whether a MALT lymphoma of the lacrimal gland of the eye, previously affected by the parasite, may be the consequence of the invasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Borkowski
authors.affiliation: Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rymkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Golebiewska
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Nestor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nestoros
authors.affiliation: Department of Lymphoid Malignancies, The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romejko-Jarosinska
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zarnowska-Prymek
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masny
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Maria Skłodowska - Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palucki
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland ; Department of General Biology and Parasitology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cielecka
keywords: Autochtonous species; Dirofilaria repens; Human; MALT lymphoma; Poland; Wolbachia