Fatal Bilateral Dioctophymatosis

Gang Li; Caigang Liu; Fang Li; Maoyi Zhou; Xiangyong Liu; Yuanjie Niu

doi:10.1645/GE-2132.1

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Gang Li,^1,* Caigang Liu,^1,**,*,*** Fang Li,^1,**,**** Maoyi Zhou,^1,***** Xiangyong Liu,^1,****** Yuanjie Niu¹

¹Department of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Institute of Urology,

^** These authors are co-first authors.
^**† These authors are co-corresponding authors.
^***‡ Department of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China.
^****§ Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou, 264003, China.
^*****‖ Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical College, Weifang, 261000, China.
^******# Department of Cell Biology, Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou, 256603, China.

Abstract

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.

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Gang Li, Caigang Liu, Fang Li, Maoyi Zhou, Xiangyong Liu, and Yuanjie Niu "Fatal Bilateral Dioctophymatosis," Journal of Parasitology 96(6), 1152-1154, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2132.1

Received: 20 April 2009; Accepted: 1 June 2010; Published: 1 December 2010

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