Surgery Still Opens an Unexpected Bag of Worms! An Intraperitoneal Live Female Dirofilaria Worm: Case Report and Review of the Literature
| Autor: | Amir M. Khan, Khudair Fadhil Abbas, Zeeshan Malik, Siam G. Abd El-Monem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Dirofilaria immitis medicine.medical_treatment Abdominal cavity Laparotomy Dirofilariasis parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Hernia Dirofilaria biology business.industry Abdominal Cavity Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Human being Surgery Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Female business Medical literature |
| Zdroj: | Surgical Infections. 7:323-325 |
| ISSN: | 1557-8674 1096-2964 |
| Popis: | Background: Intra-abdominal filarial infection is extremely rare. Methods: Case report and review of the literature. Results: A 63-year-old man presented with a painful swelling in the peri-umbilical area. An urgent laparotomy was performed for suspected strangulated peri-umbilical hernia. A live intraperitoneal worm was retrieved during the repair of the hernial sac that proved to be a female Dirofilaria immitis. Conclusions: Only one previous case of intraperitoneal involvement by dirofilariasis is described in the medical literature. Ours is the first case report of a live dirofilarial worm in the abdominal cavity of a human being. |
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