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Thursday 8 September 2011

dracanculiosis on chest wall presenting as chestwall swelling






20 yr old male,presenting as 3 by 3 cm size chestwall swelling, ? neurofibroma.since 3 months. on exploration thick cheesy material with a long ? worm delivered from the mass from pectoralis major muscle. histology suggestive of dracanculiosis.very rare site for gunieworm  nimetode.