| [a case of dirofilariasis in the town of magnitogorsk of the cheliabinsk region]. | a local case of dirofilariasis was first reported in a 70-year-old female in magnitogorsk, chelyabinsk region, in november 2002. the primary diagnosis is atheroma of the skin of the forehead. a round mass having a smooth surface and slightly solid gray-whitish walls was surgically excised, which yielded a mobile rolled nematode measuring 7 cm in length and 0.8 mm in width. the parasitological diagnosis is an immature dirofilaria repense female. it has been found that the female has neither dogs ... | 2004 | 15193057 |