Helmy Moshira M F, Al Mathal Ibtsam M
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th October City, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2003 Aug;33(2):385-90.
During one academic year, three patients were referred to Parasitology Laboratory from Dermatology Outpatients Clinics in King Abdulaziz University Hospitals. They were diagnosed as Sowda (chronic hyperactive form of onchocerciasis volvulus). The patients came from Asir Region in the Southern of the Kingdom. The lesion was characterized by a sever papule dermatitis localized to the lower limbs, with marked skin darkening. There was extensive follicular hyperplasia of the regional lymph nodes in two cases only. The skin snips taken from the three patients were positive microfilariae. On the other hand, the urine sample of one patient was positive. Six months after the onset of treatment by the clinicians in the Specialized Hospital, skin snips and urine samples were negative.
在一个学年期间，三名患者从阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医院皮肤科门诊被转诊至寄生虫学实验室。他们被诊断为索达病（盘尾丝虫病的慢性活跃形式）。这些患者来自沙特王国南部的阿西尔地区。病变的特征是下肢出现严重的丘疹性皮炎，并伴有明显的皮肤变黑。仅两例患者出现局部淋巴结广泛的滤泡增生。从这三名患者身上采集的皮肤剪切片中微丝蚴呈阳性。另一方面，一名患者的尿液样本呈阳性。专科医院的临床医生开始治疗六个月后，皮肤剪切片和尿液样本均呈阴性。
