Discovery of Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens during a pancreatectomy in the adipose tissue of the pancreas. Brief description of the worm and transverse sections which show longitudinal ridges of the cuticule (photo no 4). Clinical history, pathological anatomy study of liver; mesenteric infarction and patient's death two weeks after the operation. Parasitosis known in the South of France near at hand littoral pools but any visceral topographical diagnosis had never been signaled in France.
