Bancroftian Filariasis Differential Diagnoses

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Robert W Tolan Jr, MD  Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine

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Life cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti in humans and the mosquito vectors (Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, and Mansonia species).
Filarial abscess scar of left upper thigh in a teenaged adolescent male positive for Wucheria bancrofti microfilariae.
Lymphatic filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti causing limb lymphoedema, inguinal lymphadenopathy, and hydrocele. Photograph taken by Professor Bruce McMillan and donated by Dr. John Walker.
Unilateral left lower leg elephantiasis secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a male.
Unilateral lower leg elephantiasis. Note lymphedema and typical skin appearance of depigmentation and verrucosities (warty changes).
Lateral view of right outer aspect of leg of young man affected by gross elephantiasis secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti is shown. He was amicrofilaremic.
Gross elephantiasis secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection.
Unilateral left hydrocele and testicular enlargement secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti in a man who was also positive for microfilariae.
Bilateral hydrocele, testicular enlargement, and inguinal lymphadenopathy secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti is shown. This man was microfilaremic.
Adult worms of Wuchereria bancrofti in cross section isolated from a testicular lump.
Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in a peripheral blood smear.
Appearance of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti after concentration of venous blood with a Nuclepore filter.
 
 
 
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