Ultrasound diagnosis of dirofilariasis: case reports
https://doi.org/10.52560/2713-0118-2022-5-69-77
Abstract
Dirofilariasis is a transmissible zoonotic biohelminthiasis caused by nematodes that parasitize the lymphatic system and subcutaneous tissue. This paper presents cases of dirofilariasis lesions of the soft tissues of the face and eyes.
Purpose: to demonstrate the possibility of ultrasonic diagnosis of dirofilariasis of soft tissues of the face.
Materials and methods. Dirofilaria can affect the soft tissues of the face, eyes, mammary glands, buttocks. Patients complained of swelling, induration and hyperemia in the soft tissues of the face. Ultrasound was performed, which determined echoes characteristic of helminthic parasites, parasites were removed, the belonging of the macropreparation to dirofilaria type Dirofilaria repens was confirmed by the laboratory of the SES of Krasnodar.
Results: the possibilities of ultrasound examination of the eyes and soft tissues were demonstrated, and the characteristic echo signs in dirofilariasis were identified.
About the Authors
M. A. Asriyants
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Kuban State Medical University» of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Asriyants Mariya Aleksandrovna, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Radiation Diagnostics
4, ul. Sedina, Krasnodar, 350000
Phone namber: +7 (928) 036-66-64
O. V. Astafieva
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Kuban State Medical University» of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Astafieva Ol’ga Viktorovna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Radiation Diagnostics
4, ul. Sedina, Krasnodar, 350000
A. V. Pomortsev
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Kuban State Medical University» of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pomortsev Aleksey Viktorovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Radiation Diagnostics
4, ul. Sedina, Krasnodar, 350000
E. K. Gordeeva
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Kuban State Medical University» of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gordeeva Elena Kerimovna, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Assistant of the Department of Radiation Diagnostics
4, ul. Sedina, Krasnodar, 350000
Phone namber: +7 (918) 322-89-95
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Asriyants M.A., Astafieva O.V., Pomortsev A.V., Gordeeva E.K. Ultrasound diagnosis of dirofilariasis: case reports. Radiology - Practice. 2022;(5):69-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.52560/2713-0118-2022-5-69-77
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