Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Nice, France.
Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Oct;106(6):370-2. doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000029.
In Europe, human dirofilariasis refers to a group of autochtonous parasitic infections caused by tissue nematodes of the genus Dirofilaria, responsible for two distinct clinical presentations: Dirofilaria immitis usually presenting as pulmonary lesions and Dirofilaria repens as subcutaneous nodules. Rare in humans, genital involvement manifests itself as pseudotumor nodules affecting the scrotum, epididymis, or spermatic cord. We report on two cases of Dirofilaria repens infections, involving the spermatic cord and epididymis.
在欧洲,人患犬心丝虫病是指一组由犬心丝虫属的组织线虫引起的地方寄生虫感染,可引起两种不同的临床表现:犬恶丝虫通常引起肺部病变,而巴西犬恶丝虫则引起皮下结节。生殖系统受累在人类中罕见,表现为累及阴囊、附睾或精索的假性肿瘤结节。我们报告了两例累及精索和附睾的巴西犬恶丝虫感染病例。