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Presentation of Case

A 24-year-old woman was admitted to the Travel and Tropical Medicine Center at this hospital because of edema and intermittent paresthesias of the right leg.

The patient was a volunteer with the Peace Corps. She had traveled to Gabon, Africa, 31 months before admission and while stationed there was involved in research on pisciculture, which required considerable exposure to fresh water. During her stay in Africa she traveled to São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Togo, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. She felt well during her stay except for a possible episode of malaria, for which she received quinine, 23 months before . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Noninfectious Causes of Eosinophilia

Infectious Causes of Hypereosinophilia

Filaria

Loa loa

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Thomas B. Nutman's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

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Case 1-2002: Loa loa
Greenberg H., Nutman T. B.
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N Engl J Med 2002; 346:1751, May 30, 2002. Correspondence

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• Greenberg, H., Nutman, T. B. (2002). Case 1-2002: Loa loa. NEJM 346: 1751-1751 [Full Text]