Dirofilarial Infection Presenting as a Facial Mass: Case Report of an Emerging Zoonosis

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-137

  Akst, Lee M ^a   Dipasquale, Bruno ^b   Berho, Mariana ^a   Greene, David ^c   Roberts, Jay ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Div of Pathol and Lab Medicine

^c DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG NODULE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1842558536     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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