Dance of Live Adult Filarial Worms Is a Reliable Sign of Scrotal Filarial Infection
| Autor: | Jyoti Chaubal, Gautam M. Pradhan, Nitin Chaubal, Subhash Ramani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male Filarial worms Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Filariasis FAVORABLE RESPONSE Elephantiasis Filarial Scrotum Animals Diethylcarbamazine Humans Medicine Wuchereria bancrofti Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Microfilariae Ultrasonography Life Cycle Stages Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry medicine.disease Filaricides Lymphatic system medicine.anatomical_structure DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE Genital Diseases Male business After treatment |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 22:765-769 |
| ISSN: | 0278-4297 |
| Popis: | Objective. To determine the value of the filarial dance sign as a diagnostic sign of scrotal filarial infection and to recognize unsuspected scrotal filariasis by this sign. Methods. Eight symptomatic patients in whom the filarial dance sign was shown on high-resolution ultrasonography were studied, investigated, and followed after treatment with diethylcarbamazine citrate. Two patients underwent fine-needle aspiration. Results. Multiple foci (nests) of motile (live) filarial worms were observed in most patients Fine-needle aspiration of the dilated lymphatic vessels in 2 patients confirmed the presence of microfilariae. Five of 8 patients had a favorable response to treatment with diethylcarbamazine citrate. Conclusions. High-resolution ultrasonography is a useful technique for diagnosing scrotal filariasis in symptomatic patients and is very useful in the follow-up period for assessing the response o 4 worms to treatment. |
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