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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 51(4), 1994, pp. 401-404
Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis Caused by Dirofilaria repens in Ibiza, Spain

Isabel Fuentes, Antonio Cascales, Jose Maria Ros, Carmelo Sansano, Jose Luis Gonzalez-Arribas AND Jorge Alvar
Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain; Centro Insular de Sanidad, Ibiza, Spain; Catedra de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

A case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis contracted in Ibiza, Spain is reported. An incomplete nematode extracted from the eyelid of a woman patient was identified on the basis of its anatomic and histologic characteristics as a nongravid adult female of the species Dirofilaria repens. The subcutaneous location of the worm, together with the epidemiologic data, support this finding.






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