Genital filariasis masquerading as testicular torsion

Genital filariasis masquerading as testicular torsion

The FDS represents living adult worms in their natural habitat (lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes) visualized by ultrasonography. Microscopic examination of aspirate from the cystic lesion from the region of rete testis in our case, where filarial dance sign was appreciated on high resolution USG, r...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Journal of vector borne diseases 2011-06, Vol.48 (2), p.119-121
Hauptverfasser: Garg, Pankaj Kumar, Bhatt, Shuchi, Kashyap, Bineeta, George, Ashish, Jain, Bhupendra Kumar
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Bacterial infections
Case studies
Dance
Diagnosis
Filariasis
Genital filariasis
masquerading
testicular torsion
Tropical diseases
Ultrasound imaging
Worms
Wuchereria bancroft
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:The FDS represents living adult worms in their natural habitat (lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes) visualized by ultrasonography. Microscopic examination of aspirate from the cystic lesion from the region of rete testis in our case, where filarial dance sign was appreciated on high resolution USG, revealed presence of microfilaria and not adult worm.
ISSN:0972-9062