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ID#:

16537

Caption:

Viewed from a lateral perspective, this patient presented with edema of the lower legs and feet, which had been due to a filarial infection known as filariasis, caused by an invasive nematode worm of the superfamily Filarioidea. See 16536, for an anterior view of this patient's extremities.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Robert S. Craig

Creation Date:

1967

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