Genital filariasis masquerading as testicular torsion

The FDS represents living adult worms in their natural habitat (lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes) visualized by ultrasonography. Microscopic examination of aspirate from the cystic lesion from the region of rete testis in our case, where filarial dance sign was appreciated on high resolution USG, r...

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Published inJournal of vector borne diseases Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 119 - 121
Main Authors Garg, Pankaj Kumar, Bhatt, Shuchi, Kashyap, Bineeta, George, Ashish, Jain, Bhupendra Kumar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Indian Council of Medical Research 01.06.2011
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Antibiotics
Bacterial infections
Case studies
Dance
Diagnosis
Filariasis
Genital filariasis
masquerading
testicular torsion
Tropical diseases
Ultrasound imaging
Worms
Wuchereria bancroft
India
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Summary:The FDS represents living adult worms in their natural habitat (lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes) visualized by ultrasonography. Microscopic examination of aspirate from the cystic lesion from the region of rete testis in our case, where filarial dance sign was appreciated on high resolution USG, revealed presence of microfilaria and not adult worm.
ISSN:0972-9062