Cheung Bruno Man-Hon, Huang Yi-Lan, Lin Yie-Wen, Chang Yung-Sen, Liu Shian-Min
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Municipal Hospital, No. 670, Chung Te Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2012;2012:191245. doi: 10.1155/2012/191245. Epub 2012 Jan 15.
Humans are not natural hosts of Dirofilaria; however, pulmonary or subcutaneous infections may occur through mosquitoes transmission. Patients presenting with simple subcutaneous nodules may not seek early medical attention, and hence systemic involvement through hematogenous spread may occur. Definitive diagnosis of Dirofilaria infection is made by histopathological examinations of the infected tissues. We report a patient with an incidental diagnosis of Dirofilaria infection confirmed by histopathological findings of a subcutaneous nodule on the right thigh. The source of infection remains unknown.
人类并非恶丝虫的天然宿主;然而,肺部或皮下感染可能通过蚊子传播而发生。表现为单纯皮下结节的患者可能不会尽早寻求医疗关注,因此可能会通过血行播散发生全身感染。恶丝虫感染的确诊通过对感染组织进行组织病理学检查来确定。我们报告了一例患者,其右大腿皮下结节的组织病理学检查结果证实了偶然诊断的恶丝虫感染。感染源仍不清楚。