Un caso de dermatitis resctiva oncocercótica (Swdah) en la provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Abstract
Sé presenta el caso de una paciente de 32 años de edad, procedente de área endémica para oncocercosis; el hallazgo de biopsia de piel 18 meses después de la primera consulta médica revela microfilaría de Onchocerca en el área afectada, que se limita a la pierna izquierda, el cuadro se acompañó de hiperpigmentación y edema, característico de la dematitis reactiva (sowdah) descrita como entidad peculiar del foco Arábigo. La respuesta al corto tratamiento con dietilcarbamazina y corticosteroides fue satisfactoria (Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Quito)* 10: 121, 1985).
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4. Mackenzie, C.D., Williams, J.F. Variations in the clinical presentation of onchocerciasis and their relationships to host para site interaction. Sudan Medical Journal Supplement 21: 41—48,1985.
5. Bártlett, A., Turk, J., Ngu, J.L., Mackenzie, C.D,, Fuglsang. H., Andergon, J. Variation in delayed hypcrsensitivity in dermal onchocerciasis. Transactions o f the Royal Society o f Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 72: 372—377, 1978.
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7. Mackenzie, C.D., Kron, MÁ. Dicthylcarhamazinc: a review of its action irt onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasÍ8 and inflammation. Tropical Disease Bulletin 82: 1—37,1985.
2. Fawday, A.L. Onchocerciasis in South Arabia, Transactions o f the Royal Society o f Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 51: 253—256,1957.
3. Conner, D.M., Gibson, D.W., Neafie, R.C., .Me* rígüie, B., Buck, A A . Sowda - onchocerciasis in North Yemen: a clinicopathologic study of 18 patients. American Journal o f Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 32: 123—37,1983.
4. Mackenzie, C.D., Williams, J.F. Variations in the clinical presentation of onchocerciasis and their relationships to host para site interaction. Sudan Medical Journal Supplement 21: 41—48,1985.
5. Bártlett, A., Turk, J., Ngu, J.L., Mackenzie, C.D,, Fuglsang. H., Andergon, J. Variation in delayed hypcrsensitivity in dermal onchocerciasis. Transactions o f the Royal Society o f Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 72: 372—377, 1978.
6. Conner, D.H. Pathology of onchocerciasis and main gcographic and loca! charactcristics of the disease. Research and Control o f Onchocerciasis in the Wetern Hemisphere. Pan American Health Organization Sci. Publ. No. 298: 11—24. 1974.
7. Mackenzie, C.D., Kron, MÁ. Dicthylcarhamazinc: a review of its action irt onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasÍ8 and inflammation. Tropical Disease Bulletin 82: 1—37,1985.
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2017-06-16
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Mackenzie C, Guderian R, Proaño R. Un caso de dermatitis resctiva oncocercótica (Swdah) en la provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Rev Fac Cien Med (Quito) [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 16 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];10(3-4):34-7. Available from: https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/CIENCIAS_MEDICAS/article/view/568
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