Dirofilariasis presenting with recurrent solitary erythematous swellings and creeping dermatitis
Lukovnikova, Sofya, Degonda, Celia, Beck, Bernhard, Concu, Maura, Nickel, Beatrice, and Neumayr, Andreas (2025) Dirofilariasis presenting with recurrent solitary erythematous swellings and creeping dermatitis. Journal of Travel Medicine, 32 (8). taaf100.
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DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaf100
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Abstract
Highlight A 24-year-old Swiss medical student with an extensive travel history presented to the general practitioner with solitary erythematous migratory swellings on her lower leg. A diagnosis was finally reached after 6 months, when a creeping eruption presented on her eyelid.
| Item ID: | 90591 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Case Study) |
| ISSN: | 1708-8305 |
| Copyright Information: | © The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society of Travel Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2026 22:45 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4299 Other health sciences > 429999 Other health sciences not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200101 Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions @ 100% |
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