A 47-year-old Cameroonian man without past medical history was incidentally diagnosed with loiasis (Loa loa; 2,700 microfilaria/ mL of blood). He lived in France but traveled frequently to Cameroon. Four years later, ocular loiasis and Calabar edema associated with high microfilarial loads (35,000 microfilaria/mL of blood) appeared, prompting initiation of albendazole therapy (400 mg/day). The treatment was initiated at the hospital with no adverse events and the patient was discharged home three days later.
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