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Clinical Image - International Journal of Clinical & Medical Images (2024) Volume 11, Issue 3
Author(s): Carlos Franco*
Eloy Alfaro Secular University of Manabí, Manta, Ecuador
Received: 23 October 2023, Manuscript No. ijcmi-23-118541; Editor assigned: 25 October 2023, Pre QC No. P-118541; Reviewed: 16 March 2024, QC No. Q-118541; Revised: 22 March 2024, Manuscript No. R-118541; Published: 30 March 2024, DOI:10.4172/2376-0249.1000946
Citation: Franco C. (2024) Lymphatic Filariasis. Int J Clin Med Imaging 11: 946.
Copyright: © 2024 Franco C. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Description: A 30 yrs male patient comes to the clinic in a rural area in Ecuador. He has not seen a physician in 10 years. The patient presents with unilateral non-pitting edema and deformity as seen in the image. What is the most likely diagnosis, how would it be confirmed, and the treatment options for this condition?
Answer: Most Likely diagnosis is lymphatic filariasis. Which is a nematode infection caused worldwide by wuchereria bancrofti and the mode of transmission is by female mosquito bite. Diagnosis is confirmed by blood smear (giemsa stain) and Serology.
Treatment options: Diethylcarbamazine (Drug of choice), Ivermectin (in endemic areas), Surgery in some complicated cases (hidrocele) [1].
Filariasis; Edema; Nematode; Parasitic; Mosquito
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[1] Parasites - Lymphatic Filariasis. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/treatment.html
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