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What is the infectious agent of dracunculiasis ?
Caused by Dracunculus medinensis (meaning "little worm from Medina").
What are the differential diagnoses of dracunculiasis as a cause of soft tissue calcification ?
Dermatomyositis, chronic vascular insufficiency, burns.
Calcified ovoid soft tissue calcification is seen in subcutaneous region of the right thigh. It is compatible with guinea worm disease.