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Vol. 54. Issue 2.
Pages 141-144 (April - June 2021)
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Vol. 54. Issue 2.
Pages 141-144 (April - June 2021)
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Fisiopatología de la elefantiasis vulvar de origen filarial. A propósito de un caso
Physiopathology of vulvar elephantiasis of filarial origin. A case report
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Francisco Granados Pachecoa,
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f.gra.pacheco@gmail.com

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, Pilar Gutiérrez Hernándeza, Luz López Ortizb, Luis Robles Cabezaa
a Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Agencia Sanitaria Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, España
b Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Agencia Sanitaria Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, España
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La filariasis genital es una entidad infecciosa infrecuente en nuestro medio, con una clínica característica y un área endémica bien reconocida que ocasiona unas alteraciones histológicas llamativas.

Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 32 años, natural de Mozambique, con una clínica de elefantiasis vulvar a modo de una tumoración péndula de 15cm de diámetro máximo, a la que se le reseca gran parte de la masa genital. Al estudio microscópico se aprecia una hiperqueratosis con acantosis irregular, así como un notable aumento de la dermis a expensas de una densa fibrosis con acúmulos inflamatorios de distribución parcheada, mayoritariamente conformados por células plasmáticas.

Se realizó un diagnóstico de exclusión al no observar el parásito, lo cual es frecuente en esta enfermedad.

Palabras clave:
Filariasis genital
Filaria
Elefantiasis
Vulva
Abstract

Genital filariasis is an uncommon infectious entity in the western world. It has characteristic clinical features and a well-recognized endemic area that causes typical histological alterations.

We report a case of a 32-year-old woman, a native of Mozambique, who presented with vulvar elephantiasis as a pendulous tumor with a maximum diameter of 15cm. A large part of the genital mass was resected. Microscopically, hyperkeratosis with irregular acanthosis, a notable thickening of dermis with dense fibrosis and inflammatory clusters of patchy distribution, mostly made up of plasma cells, was seen.

Since the parasite was not observed, an exclusion diagnosis was made, as frequently happens with this lesion.

Keywords:
Genital filariasis
Filaria
Elephantiasis
Vulva

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