07/23/2010
Posterior neck mass
22-year-old man who presented with a painless posterior neck mass.
- Case Overview
- Diagnosis
Age:
22
Sex:
male
History:
A 22 year-old African male presented with a firm subcutaneous posterior neck mass.
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Gross: The specimen is consists of multiple pink-tan, firm, irregular tissue fragments, measuring 0.1 to 0.4 cm. in greatest dimension.
Comments
Nice case and nice write up.
Micofilarial male and gravid female
filaria
Micrifilaial nodule
Microfilarial nodule
I go with Oncocerca volvulous,
but its distribution is not homogenous allover africa, so which country?
high resolution images i like em alot keep it up
oncocercoma
Excellent microphotographs!
This is a beautiful case with numerous gravid females in cross-section producing microfilariae. The addition of the virtual slide shows the exuberant surrounding inflammatory reaction.
Oncocerca volvulus nodule the cross section of an adult femal of O vulvulus demostrates its characteristic bilatral uterin cotaining larva
Oncocerca volvulus nodule
The slides reveal a microfilaria-laden gravid female of Onchocerca volvulus surrounded by fibrous capsule.
It is important to mention that Onchocerca volvulus is the second most common preventable cause of blindness in sub-saharan Africa (called river blindness). This worm can infect eye and skin. In this case it appears in skin. The diagnosis is Onchocercoma.
Very good case. Excellent photos.
filarial nodule
Onchocercoma
filarial nodule
Filarial nodule