Mohammadkhani Mahsa, Abdi Navid, Sharifi-Sarasiabi Khojasteh
Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Para-Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Iran J Public Health. 2023 Dec;52(12):2695-2698. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i12.14330.
Human dirofilariasis is currently considered a zoonotic infection, a mosquito-borne disease caused by the filarial nematodes of dogs, mainly and . Human dirofilariasis has been reported from many parts of the world, including Africa, Australia, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The climate of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province, Sothern of Iran, has favorable conditions for the growth and reproduction of different types of vector mosquitoes. A 20 yr old woman from Bandar Abbas, visited a surgeon where the presence of a nodule was diagnosed in the forehead. In histopathological examination, cross-sections of a worm surrounded by necrotic tissues were observed. By evaluating the sections, was the probable diagnosis. To our knowledge, in Iran, this is the first human dirofilariasis occurring in the forehead. Human cases of dirofilariasis need to be reported so that physicians could consider dirofilariasis in their differential diagnoses.
人类盘尾丝虫病目前被认为是一种人畜共患感染，是由犬丝状线虫引起的一种蚊媒疾病，主要是 和 。世界许多地区都报告过人类盘尾丝虫病，包括非洲、澳大利亚、美洲、欧洲和亚洲。伊朗南部霍尔木兹甘省阿巴斯港的气候为不同类型的病媒蚊子的生长和繁殖提供了有利条件。一名来自阿巴斯港的20岁女性去看外科医生，医生在其前额诊断出一个结节。在组织病理学检查中，观察到一条被坏死组织包围的蠕虫的横截面。通过评估切片， 是可能的诊断。据我们所知，在伊朗，这是首例发生在前额的人类盘尾丝虫病。需要报告人类盘尾丝虫病病例，以便医生在鉴别诊断时能够考虑到盘尾丝虫病。
