RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An inguinal mass with local vascular lesions induced by a lymphatic filaria
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1106
OP 1108
VO 25
IS 8
A1 Abdel-Hameed, Ahmed A.
A1 Dura, Wieslaw T.
A1 Alkhalife, Ibrahim S.
YR 2004
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/25/8/1106.abstract
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.