Tropical Doctor > Volume 39, Number 3 > Pp. 189-190

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Case Series and Case Reports

Cutaneous dirofilariasis presenting as an eyelid swelling

Shrutakirthi D Shenoi MD   ^*    Pramod Kumar MCh DNB      Stephanie P Johnston MS      Urmila N Khadilkar MD   

^* Department of Skin & STD; Department of Plastic Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India; Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA; Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Correspondence to: Shrutakirthi D Shenoi, Department of Skin & STD, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India Email: shru12{at}yahoo.com

Dirofilariasis is a common filarial infection occurring in domestic and wild animals as a result of arthropod bites. However, it can be transmitted to humans after mosquito bites. Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old lady who developed an unilateral eyelid swelling secondary to Dirofilaria repens.

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