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17472676

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Onchocerciasis is a filarial disease caused by Onchocerca volvuvus which can lead to skin, bladder or ocular signs. The authors report a 6-month history of generalized pruritus and two bilateral and symmetric masses in inguinal areas in a 57-year-old black woman. Skin snips and a biopsy of a subcutaneous nodule were diagnosed as onchocerciasis with hanging groin and the patient was treated with ivermectin with a dramatic improvement. If pruritus is the most constant symptom of onchocerciasis, hanging groin is usually observed only in hyperendemic areas in association with high microfilarial density. As no protective immune response is acquired after onchocerciasis, it is recommended that observation is maintained in communities where blindness is less common but where skin manifestations remain prevalent. There is a risk of misdiagnosing onchocerciasis owing to its long incubation period and its unfamiliarity to physicians in nonendemic areas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0011-9059
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
485-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Hanging groin and persistent pruritus in a patient from Burkina Faso.
pubmed:affiliation
Dermatology Unit, University Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. niamba_pascal@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports