Fatal bilateral dioctophymatosis

Dioctophyma renale is a Parasite that frequently occurs in Animals but rarely in humans. The present report describes the clinical observations of a D. renale Infection in a 51-yr-old woman. Its clinical signs and diagnostic findings were unspecific until giant worms were observed in the urine and histological findings confirmed it was a D. renale Infection. She refused treatment and died of bilateral renal function failure. This is the first confirmed report to follow the natural progression of D. renale Infection in a human. Here, we discuss a conservative therapeutic approach and features associated with this parasitic Infection.