What is dancing in the scrotum?
A 26-year-old man presented to the outpatient clinic with a 1-month history of pain and swelling in the scrotum and low-grade fevers
A 26-year-old man presented to the outpatient clinic with a 1-month history of pain and swelling in the scrotum and low-grade fevers
Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic infection caused by mosquito-transmitted nematodes.
👉 dance sign represents the undulations of live worms that have migrated into lymphatic channels, causing dilation and dysfunction of the channels
👉 dance sign represents the undulations of live worms that have migrated into lymphatic channels, causing dilation and dysfunction of the channels
Ultrasound-guided aspiration of scrotal lymphatic fluid was performed
👉 live microfilariae of the species Wuchereria bancrofti were identified on light microscopy
👉 organisms were also seen on a peripheral-blood smear.
👉 live microfilariae of the species Wuchereria bancrofti were identified on light microscopy
👉 organisms were also seen on a peripheral-blood smear.
After a 3-week course of oral diethylcarbamazine, the patient’s symptoms abated
👉 motile microfilariae were no longer seen on ultrasonography.
👉 motile microfilariae were no longer seen on ultrasonography.
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