Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: A report of three cases manifesting as breast or axillary nodules

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 86-88

  Maltezos, E S ^a   Sivridis, E L ^a   Giatromanolaki, A N ^a   Simopoulos, C E ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast; Dirofilaria repens; Dirofilariasis; Human; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; AXILLA; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BREAST DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; EXCISION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 0036691157     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300204700404     Document Type: Article

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