Submental Swelling Due to Dirofilaria Repens in Western India: A Rare Case Report
Anil Kumar Gvalani, Nida Khan, Jayant Pednekar & Sandeep Tayade · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery · 2022
Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic disease transmitted by mosquitoes. D repens causes subcutaneous swelling or infections of bulbar conjunctiva and is rare in India. D immitis causing pulmonary infections is limited to the New World. We present a case of a 40 year old man presenting wi...
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