First reported case of an ectopic renal giant worm (Dioctophyme renale) infection in the abdominal cavity

Abstract

In this clinical pearl an ectopic human Dioctophyma renale infection in the abdominal cavity is reported for the first time. The patient presented with a gastric perforation and the release of an adult Dioctophyma renale through an abdominal drain and three co-infections (Plasmodium malariae, Strongyloides stercoralis and Mansonella perstans).

Dioctophimosis in a community dog from a public park in the city of Curitiba-PR: a case report from the perspective of One Health

“…Dioctophimosis in a community dog from a public park in the city of Curitiba-PR: a case report from the perspective of One Health the first case of parasitism in the abdominal cavity in a man from Guinea-Bissau treated in the Netherlands who had recently traveled through Mali, Mauretania, Libya, and Algeria. This suggests that the parasite is cosmopolitan (Boerekamps et al, 2022). The nematodes can parasitize the renal parenchyma, remain free in the abdominal cavity (and very rarely in the thoracic cavity), and may attach to organs such as the liver of various carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores, including humans (Freitas Tancredi et al, 2021;Ishizaki et al, 2010;Silveira et al, 2015).…”