Periorbital dirofilariasis—Clinical and imaging findings: Live worm on ultrasound

Ocular dirofilariasis is a zoonotic filariasis caused by nematode worm,Dirofilaria. We present a case of dirofilariasis affecting the upper eyelid in a 2-year-old child presenting as an acutely inflammed cyst, from southern Indian state of Kerala. Live adult worm was surgically removed and confirmed...

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Autores principales: Gopinath, Thandre N, Lakshmi, K P, Shaji, P C, Rajalakshmi, P C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23803483
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.114111
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author Gopinath, Thandre N
Lakshmi, K P
Shaji, P C
Rajalakshmi, P C
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description Ocular dirofilariasis is a zoonotic filariasis caused by nematode worm,Dirofilaria. We present a case of dirofilariasis affecting the upper eyelid in a 2-year-old child presenting as an acutely inflammed cyst, from southern Indian state of Kerala. Live adult worm was surgically removed and confirmed to be Dirofilaria repens. Live worm showing continuous movement was seen on the pre-operative high-resolution ultrasound. Ultrasound can be helpful in pre-operative identification of live worm. Imaging findings reported in literature are very few. We describe the clinical, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings.
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spelling pubmed-37447852013-08-19 Periorbital dirofilariasis—Clinical and imaging findings: Live worm on ultrasound Gopinath, Thandre N Lakshmi, K P Shaji, P C Rajalakshmi, P C Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication Ocular dirofilariasis is a zoonotic filariasis caused by nematode worm,Dirofilaria. We present a case of dirofilariasis affecting the upper eyelid in a 2-year-old child presenting as an acutely inflammed cyst, from southern Indian state of Kerala. Live adult worm was surgically removed and confirmed to be Dirofilaria repens. Live worm showing continuous movement was seen on the pre-operative high-resolution ultrasound. Ultrasound can be helpful in pre-operative identification of live worm. Imaging findings reported in literature are very few. We describe the clinical, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3744785/ /pubmed/23803483 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.114111 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_fullStr Periorbital dirofilariasis—Clinical and imaging findings: Live worm on ultrasound
title_full_unstemmed Periorbital dirofilariasis—Clinical and imaging findings: Live worm on ultrasound
title_short Periorbital dirofilariasis—Clinical and imaging findings: Live worm on ultrasound
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23803483
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