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Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema
Published on: January 12, 2017
[What is your diagnosis? A "fat arm". Onchocerciasis]
A Bousquet1, S Larréché1, C Elhadji Toumane2
1Fédération des laboratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France.
Abstract:
We report a case of edema of the right forearm with pruriginous papules and eosinophilia in the blood. The patient had lived in a forested area of Cameroon. The clinical, laboratory, and geographical findings led to a diagnosis of onchocerciasis, despite the absence of microfilaments on skin biopsy samples. The patient was successfully treated with ivermectin and doxycycline.
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