Ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis

We report a rare case of massive orbital myiasis following recent lid injury, occurring in the empty socket of an elderly lady, who had concurrent scalp pediculosis. The orbital myiasis was effectively treated with the broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent, ivermectin, thus precluding the need for an e...

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Autores principales: Puthran, Neelam, Hegde, Vidya, Anupama, B, Andrew, Sheena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22569389
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.95880
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description We report a rare case of massive orbital myiasis following recent lid injury, occurring in the empty socket of an elderly lady, who had concurrent scalp pediculosis. The orbital myiasis was effectively treated with the broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent, ivermectin, thus precluding the need for an exploratory surgery. Ivermectin was also effective in managing the concurrent scalp pediculosis.
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spelling pubmed-33618232012-06-01 Ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis Puthran, Neelam Hegde, Vidya Anupama, B Andrew, Sheena Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications We report a rare case of massive orbital myiasis following recent lid injury, occurring in the empty socket of an elderly lady, who had concurrent scalp pediculosis. The orbital myiasis was effectively treated with the broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent, ivermectin, thus precluding the need for an exploratory surgery. Ivermectin was also effective in managing the concurrent scalp pediculosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3361823/ /pubmed/22569389 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.95880 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis
title_fullStr Ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis
title_full_unstemmed Ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis
title_short Ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis
title_sort ivermectin treatment for massive orbital myiasis in an empty socket with concomitant scalp pediculosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361823/
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