Case report: Testicular swelling due to lymphatic filariasis after brief travel to Haiti

Luis A. Marcos; Nathan P. Shapley; Mark Eberhard; Jonathan I. Epstein; Le Anne M. Fox; Alan Magill; Thomas B. Nutman

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.14-0030

Case report: Testicular swelling due to lymphatic filariasis after brief travel to Haiti

Luis A. Marcos, Nathan P. Shapley, Mark Eberhard, Jonathan I. Epstein, Le Anne M. Fox, Alan Magill, Thomas B. Nutman

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After 6 months of a trip to Haiti, a 25-year-old healthy man presented with a 6-week history of a very slow progressive intermittent bilateral testicular pain and swelling. The biopsies in both testicles revealed the presence of a dead filarial parasite. Polymerase chain reaction products of the DNA from the biopsy were shown to have a 100% identity to Wuchereria bancrofti. Despite being uncommon in travelers, this presentation of W. bancrofti highlights the possibility of acquiring W. bancrofti during short-term trips to highly endemic regions of the world (i.e., Haiti).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	89-91
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	91
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0030
State	Published - Jul 2014

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Parasitology

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