Gvalani, Anil Kumar and Khan, Nida and Pednekar, Jayant and Tayade, Sandeep (2022) Submental Swelling Due to Dirofilaria Repens in Western India: A Rare Case Report. Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery, 13 (4). pp. 20-24.
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Abstract
Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic disease transmitted by mosquitoes. D repens causes subcutaneous swelling or infections of bulbar conjunctiva and is rare in India. D immitis causing pulmonary infections is limited to the New World. We present a case of a 40 year old man presenting with a submental cystic swelling that was excised and confirmed as Dirofilaria repens on histology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Library Eprints > Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2023 09:02 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2024 04:02 |
| URI: | http://scholar.sdpublishers.info/id/eprint/1453 |
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