Subcutaneous tumor of the lower eyelid: A potential manifestation of a Dirofilaria repens infection

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-131

  Siepmann, K ^a   Wannke, B ^a   Neumann, D ^a   Rohrbach, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adnexal tumors; Dirofilaria repens; Eyelid; Infectious disease

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYELID TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; DIROFILARIA; EYE INFECTION; EYELID DISEASE; FILARIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELID DISEASES; EYELID NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 15544376234     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210501500121     Document Type: Article

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