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Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in Nova Scotia
D J Haldane1, B L Johnston, N M Walsh
1Department of Microbiology and Medicine; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; and Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Victoria General Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Abstract:
A case of dirofilariasis in a 78-year-old woman from Nova Scotia is described along with the histological findings and the basis of identification of the parasite. The patient developed a subcutaneous nodule, which was excised. Dirofilaria ursi and ursi-like nematodes are a rare cause of subcutaneous nodules. This is the first time dirofilariasis has been diagnosed in an adult in Atlantic Canada.
