Intravitreal live adult Brugian filariasis

Human ocular infestation by live filarial worm is a rare occurrence and has been reported mostly form South-East Asia. It involves the eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, anterior chamber and uvea. No case of intravitreal Brugian microfilaria / adult worm has been found by Medline search. Here we report a...

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Autores principales: Rao, Nageswar G, Mahapatra, Sontosh K, Pattnayak, Sabyasachi, Pattnaik, Kaumudee
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18158414
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Sumario:Human ocular infestation by live filarial worm is a rare occurrence and has been reported mostly form South-East Asia. It involves the eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, anterior chamber and uvea. No case of intravitreal Brugian microfilaria / adult worm has been found by Medline search. Here we report a case of live intravitreal adult Brugian filaria, where the parasite was successfully removed by pars plana vitrectomy. Identification of the worm was done by light microscopy and confirmed by immuno chromatographic test.

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