Periorbital mass with cellulitis caused by dirofilaria

Joseph, Katherine; Vinayakumar, A. R.; Criton, S; Vishnu,; Pariyaram, SE

doi:10.4103/0255-0857.90190

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“…Another striking feature noted in the study was a case harboring concomitant mycetoma and CBM. To the best of our knowledge, to date, concurrent presence had been reported in 3 cases worldwide [ 59 – 61 ]. This might be due to sharing common climatic conditions for the survival and mode of transmission.…”

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Chromoblastomycosis in India: Review of 169 cases

et al. 2017

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Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic, progressive, cutaneous and subcutaneous fungal infection following the traumatic implantation of certain dematiaceous fungi. The disease has worldwide prevalence with predominant cases reported from humid tropical and subtropical regions of America, Asia, and Africa. Diagnosis is often delayed or misdirected either due to poor degree of clinical suspicions or clinical simulation of dermatological conditions. The infection is not uncommon in India and several case reports from the sub-Himalayan belt and western and eastern coasts of India have been published; however, very few have reviewed the cases. We reviewed 169 cases published in English literature from India during 1957 through May 2016, including 2 recent cases from our institute. A tremendous increase in the number of reported cases was noticed since 2012, since which, more than 50% of the cases had been published. A majority of the patients (74.1%) were involved in various agricultural activities directly or indirectly. The mean age at presentation was 43.3 years ± 16.0, with male to female ratio of 4.2:1. The duration of disease at the time of presentation varied from 20 days to 35 years. Any history of trauma was recalled only in 33.8% of the studied cases. The lower extremity was the most common site afflicted, followed by the upper extremity. The culture was positive in 80.3% of the cases with Fonsecaea pedrosoi, isolated as the most common fungal pathogen, followed by Cladophialophora carrionii. Although all the commercially available antifungals were prescribed in these cases, itraconazole and terbinafine were the most commonly used, either alone or in combination with other drugs/physical methods, with variable degrees of outcome. Combinations of different treatment modalities (chemotherapy and physical methods) yielded a cure rate of 86.3%. CBM is refractory to treatment and no single antifungal agent or regimen has demonstrated satisfactory results. Increased awareness with early clinical suspicion of the disease and adequate therapy are necessary to improve the outcome. However, depending upon the causative agent, disease severity, and the choice of antifungals, variable outcomes can be observed.

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Chromoblastomycosis in India: Review of 169 cases

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“…Pulmonary lesions can form from D. immitis, whereas D. repens and D. Tenuis cause ocular lesions. [ 1 ] Zooanthrophilic mosquitoes like culex, aedes, and anopheles have been regarded as vectors for dirofilariasis. [ 1 2 ] Microfilariae get transmitted from the blood of wild and domestic animals such as the dog and cat to humans by infected mosquito bites.…”

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Subcutaneous infraorbital dirofilariasis

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Savithry

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Indian J Dermatol

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Dirofilariasis is a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes from domestic and wild animals. Humans accidentally get infected and can present with a lung nodule, subcutaneous mass or an ocular lesion which will be either subconjunctival or periorbital. Proper microbiological and histopathological examinations aid in proper diagnosis. Herein, we present a case report of a 64-year-old female patient from Kerala with an infraorbital mass diagnosed as dirofilariasis.

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“…Human dirofilariosis cases were reported from various Indian states like Kerala (Ittyerah and Mallik, 2004), Tamil Nadu (Sathyan et al, 2006), Karnataka (Shobha et al, 2001;Karnaker et al, 2009), Assam (Nath et al, 2010) and Maharashtra (Khurana et al, 2010). The incidence is more common in areas with high mosquito density, warm climate and also in places where there is higher chance for contact with infected cats and dogs ( Joseph et al, 2011). Other species like D. repens, D. tenuis and D. ursi were also reported ( Joseph et al, 2011) as causative agent for human dirofilariasis around the world.…”

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“…The incidence is more common in areas with high mosquito density, warm climate and also in places where there is higher chance for contact with infected cats and dogs ( Joseph et al, 2011). Other species like D. repens, D. tenuis and D. ursi were also reported ( Joseph et al, 2011) as causative agent for human dirofilariasis around the world.…”

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“…After the report of first case of subcutaneous dirofilariosis from Mumbai (Badhe and Sane, 1989) series of reports on the same condition were available from different south Indian states like Tamil Nadu (Padmaja et al, 2005), Karnataka (Khurana et al, 2010;Vaidya and Srikar, 2012), Maharashtra (Khurana et al, 2010) and Kerala ( Joseph et al, 2011;Permi et al, 2011).…”

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