1. Loiasis with pleural and peritoneal involvement.
- Author
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Ghys C, Morissens M, Rozen L, Karmali R, and Theunissen C
- Subjects
- Abdominal Pain parasitology, Chronic Disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dyspnea parasitology, Female, Filaricides therapeutic use, Humans, Loiasis diagnosis, Loiasis drug therapy, Middle Aged, Ascites parasitology, Loiasis complications, Pleural Effusion parasitology
- Abstract
We describe a case of atypical loiasis presenting with a chronic pleuroperitoneal effusion in a 50-year-old woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Effusions disappeared with conventional treatment and no recurrence was detected after 4 months of follow-up. Such cases of loiasis involving visceral sites have been unusually reported in the literature., (© 2012 International Society of Travel Medicine.)
- Published
- 2012
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