RT Journal
A1 Guillozet N
T1 UPper extremity lymphedema in filariasis
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD September 1
VO 139
IS 9
SP 1057
OP 1059
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630460087027
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630460087027
AB Arm lymphedema associated with shoulder pain and axillary lymphadenopathy was diagnosed in a 40-year-old California man. This is an unusual domestic presentation of filariasis, an endemic tropical disease that is often asymptomatic and undiagnosed. Prognosis for recovery is excellent with the diethylcarbamazine citrate treatment indicated for hemoparasitemia.(Arch Intern Med 139:1057-1059, 1979)