Calabar swelling

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Calabar swelling

[kal′əbär]

Etymology: Calabar, a Nigerian seaport

a localized angioedema and erythema usually on the extremities, characterized by fugitive, swollen lumps of subcutaneous tissue caused by a parasitic filarial worm (Loa) endemic to Central and West Africa. The swollen areas migrate with the worm through the body at a speed of about 1 cm per minute and may become as large as a small egg. A kind of calabar swelling is Loa loa. See also loiasis.

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