[Cutaneous dirofilariasis: two Tunisian cases report]

ABSTRACT

Cutaneous dirofilariasis is a zoonosis which mainly occurs in dogs and cats. Human dirofilariasis is rare. At our knowledge, only five cases of human dirofilariasis were reported in Tunisia. We report here two new cases of cutaneous dirofilariasis arising in two 19 and 21 year-old patients. The first one was admitted for surgical excision of a paraombilical cutaneous nodule. The second patient presented with multiple erythematous and pruriginous papules. In both cases, the histological examination revealed the presence of a worm diagnosed as Dirofilaria repens. The evolution was favourable after surgical resection in the first case and spontaneously in the second case