AN ONCHOCERCAL NODULE FOUND IN A JAPANESE INFECTED IN AFRICA

HIROYUKI YOSHIMURA; KAORU KONDO; NOBUAKI AKAO; YOSHIHIRO OHNISHI; SHINSUKE IKADO; HARUO MIYAWAKI

doi:10.2149/tmh1973.11.243

Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Online ISSN : 2186-1811
Print ISSN : 0304-2146
ISSN-L : 0304-2146

AN ONCHOCERCAL NODULE FOUND IN A JAPANESE INFECTED IN AFRICA

HIROYUKI YOSHIMURA, KAORU KONDO, NOBUAKI AKAO, YOSHIHIRO OHNISHI, SHINSUKE IKADO, HARUO MIYAWAKI

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1983 Volume 11 Issue 3-4 Pages 243-248

DOI https://doi.org/10.2149/tmh1973.11.243

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We report a case of onchocercal nodule (30×20×20 mm) located at the subcutaneous tissues of the left hip of a 34-year-old Japanese who had lived in the Republic of Guinea and the Gabonese Republic for one year and a half.

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