Subcutaneous infraorbital dirofilariasis

• Main Authors: Anil S Krishna (Author), N Bilahari (Author), Savithry (Author), Robert P Ambooken (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Dirofilariasis is a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes from domestic and wild animals. Humans accidentally get infected and can present with a lung nodule, subcutaneous mass or an ocular lesion which will be either subconjunctival or periorbital. Proper microbiological and histopathologic...