PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ahmed A. Abdel-Hameed
AU  - Wieslaw T. Dura
AU  - Ibrahim S. Alkhalife
TI  - An inguinal mass with local vascular lesions induced by a lymphatic filaria
DP  - 2004 Aug 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1106--1108
VI  - 25
IP  - 8
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/8/1106.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/8/1106.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2004 Aug 01; 25
AB  - A 47-year-old Indian male presented with an inguinal mass clinically suspicious as a tumor. Histological examination of the excised mass demonstrated tissue reaction to degenerating intravascular adult filarial worms. The worms have been identified as a lymphatic filariae, most probably Wuchereria bancrofti. The case report underscores the need to maintain suspicion of genitourinary filarial lesions in non-endemic areas and describes atypical vascular lesions induced by lymphatic filariae.