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Lancet
; 382(9889): 338, 2013 Jul 27.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23415604
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J Parasitol
; 96(6): 1152-4, 2010 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21158627
RESUMO
Dioctophyma renale is a parasite that frequently occurs in animals but rarely in humans. The present report describes the clinical observations of a D. renale infection in a 51-yr-old woman. Its clinical signs and diagnostic findings were unspecific until giant worms were observed in the urine and histological findings confirmed it was a D. renale infection. She refused treatment and died of bilateral renal function failure. This is the first confirmed report to follow the natural progression of D. renale infection in a human. Here, we discuss a conservative therapeutic approach and features associated with this parasitic infection.