Case Report: Filaria or Megasperm? A Cause of an Ultrasonographic "Filarial Dance Sign".

ABSTRACT: Bancroftian filariasis can cause genital abnormalities related to chronic inflammation and obstruction of the afferent lymphatic vessels, and may demonstrate a "filarial dance sign" on scrotal ultrasound with mobile echogenic particles observed. We present a patient with a positive "filarial dance sign," travel within Latin America, and negative filarial serology.

SUBMITTER: Wiggers JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6085792 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature