Genital filariasis presenting as a vaginal wall cystic lesion.
| Autor: | Ghimire P; Department of Radiology, Nepalgunj Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Banke, Nepal., Ghimire PG; Department of Pathology, Nepalgunj Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Banke, Nepal. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | IDCases [IDCases] 2019 Nov 11; Vol. 19, pp. e00670. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 11 (Print Publication: 2020). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00670 |
| Abstrakt: | Vaginal cystic lesions are rare incidental findings detected during physical examination and imaging. To our knowledge, filariasis as a cause of vaginal cystic lesions has not been previously reported in the English literature. We present vaginal cystic lesion which posed diagnostic dilemma and was confirmed on cytology to being filarial in etiology. The patient was treated with single-dose of oral diethylcarbamazine and the lesion subsided on follow up scans at three months thus avoiding inadvertent surgeries. Vaginal cystic lesions are rare entities and have multiple etiologies. A high degree of suspicion for filariasis as cause of vaginal cystic lesions should be made in individuals hailing from or have history of travel to endemic regions of filariasis. Competing Interests: The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests. (© 2019 The Author(s).) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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