Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis in Assam
A 30-year-old man attended a private hospital in Dibrugarh district with a gradually increasing swelling of 2 cm × 2 cm size for one year on the right cheek. He gave a history of periodical redness, pain and itching for which he was treated symptomatically. The swelling was attached to buccinator muscle underneath and on excision a live, intact, thin, white worm of 12 cm in length came out []. Patient was checked for microfilaremia and was found to be negative.