[Unusual association of endomyocardial fibrosis and aberrant migration of Dracunculus medinensis in the pericardium]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2009 May;102(2):88-90.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report one case of endomyocardial fibrosis with a relapsing pericarditis, associated with an aberrant migration of Dracunculus medinensis in the pericardium, in a 22-year-old patient from an endemic zone of bilharziasis and dracunculosis in Côte d'Ivoire. The evolution has been marked by the appearance of thrombus in the right atrium. The patient died on the 49th day of hospitalization following an refractory cardiac insufficiency.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dracunculiasis / pathology*
  • Dracunculus Nematode / isolation & purification
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericarditis / parasitology
  • Pericarditis / pathology*
  • Young Adult