Ophthalmomyiasis Externa Caused by Oestrus ovis

A 50-year-old male presented with foreign body sensation, pain, and redness in left eye. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed tiny larvae crawling around the conjunctival sac. The larvae, numbering 13, were mechanically removed under topical anesthesia and identified under light microscope as first-stag...

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Autores principales: Shankar, Mahesh Kumar, Diddapur, Seethalakshmi Krishnamurthy, Nadagir, Shobha Dhruv, Kota, Subramanya Giliyar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22923922
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.98671
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description A 50-year-old male presented with foreign body sensation, pain, and redness in left eye. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed tiny larvae crawling around the conjunctival sac. The larvae, numbering 13, were mechanically removed under topical anesthesia and identified under light microscope as first-stage larvae of Oestrus ovis causing ophthalmomyiasis externa.
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spelling pubmed-34252642012-08-24 Ophthalmomyiasis Externa Caused by Oestrus ovis Shankar, Mahesh Kumar Diddapur, Seethalakshmi Krishnamurthy Nadagir, Shobha Dhruv Kota, Subramanya Giliyar J Lab Physicians Case Report A 50-year-old male presented with foreign body sensation, pain, and redness in left eye. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed tiny larvae crawling around the conjunctival sac. The larvae, numbering 13, were mechanically removed under topical anesthesia and identified under light microscope as first-stage larvae of Oestrus ovis causing ophthalmomyiasis externa. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3425264/ /pubmed/22923922 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.98671 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Laboratory Physicians 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425264/
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