Onchocerciasis: Invasion of Deep Organs by Onchocerca Volvulus

Autopsy Findings

Wayne M. Meyers Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306

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Ronald C. Neafie Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.650
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Volume 26: Issue 4
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650–657
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Autopsies of two patients with onchocerciasis in the Republic of Zaïre are reported. In one patient with elephantiasis who died following diethylcarbamazine therapy there were large numbers of microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus in the kidney, liver, pancreas, and lung. In the second patient, who also had leprosy and hyperinfection strongyloidiasis, we found an encapsulated adult O. volvulus in the wall of the thoracic aorta.

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Copyright © 1977 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1977
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06 Dec 1976
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Published Online:
Jul 1977
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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