Published on Apr 11, 2020
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Elixir Prognose - MCQ 4 - Answered
Elixir Prognose - MCQ 4 - Answered

A tourist returning from Africa came with complaints of fever and subcuataneous swelling as shown below. Your most probable diagnosis is? 

  • A. Loiasis 
  • B. River blindness
  • C. Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
  • D. Occult filariasis


The picture shows Calabar Swellings. 

Calabar swelling. : a transient subcutaneous swelling marking the migratory course through the tissues of the adult filarial eye worm of the genus Loa (L. loa) — compare loaiasis

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