Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-145-supl2-CR13
AN UNCOMMON CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF DIROFILARIASIS IN A CHILD – A CASE REPORT
Viktoria Knežević
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Petračić
Anto Pajić
Andro Gliha
Stjepan Višnjić
Abstract
Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection caused by filarial nematodes of the genus Dirofilaria, with D. repens as the most common one. Definitive hosts
are usually dogs and other carnivores, while humans are accidentally included into the epizootic chain. It usually manifests as subcutaneous or ocular localization and here we present an unusual case of scrotal dirofilariasis.
Keywords
Child; Dirofilariasis; Epididymitis
Hrčak ID:
303119
URI
Publication date:
23.4.2023.
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