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External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis
PURPOSE: This study aims to determine the frequency of opthalmyomyiasis externa and the ocular findings of disease in Southern Khorasan. METHODS: All patients referred to the emergency department of Valiaser hospital during the year 2011 with external ophthalmomyiasis were enrolled in this study. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2013.27.5.341 |
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author | Gholamhossein, Yaghoubi Behrouz, Heydari |
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description | PURPOSE: This study aims to determine the frequency of opthalmyomyiasis externa and the ocular findings of disease in Southern Khorasan. METHODS: All patients referred to the emergency department of Valiaser hospital during the year 2011 with external ophthalmomyiasis were enrolled in this study. The diagnosis of external ophthalmomyiasis was made according to clinical findings and the presence of Oestrus ovis larvae. RESULTS: There were 18 cases of external ophthalmomyiasis in the emergency department of Valiaser hospital in 2011. Most cases had the common signs and symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis, except for three males who were referred with respective complaints of red eye, foreign body sensation, and swelling around the eyelids after contact injury the previous day; corneal infiltration was present in three cases. The visual acuity among the three cases that had peripheral corneal involvement was 20 / 30 in both eyes. The bulbar conjunctiva showed chemosis in all cases and a ropy pattern discharge that was clinically compatible with external ophthalmomyiasis. However, in one case, microscopic slit lamp examination did not show Oestrus ovis larvae. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of external ophthalmomyiasis was high in this region. Although external ophthalmomyiasis usually manifests as allergic conjunctivitis, coronary-like corneal infiltration may be considered in the differential diagnosis of external ophthalmomyiasis or toxic insult. |
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spelling | pubmed-37825792013-10-01 External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis Gholamhossein, Yaghoubi Behrouz, Heydari Korean J Ophthalmol Original Article PURPOSE: This study aims to determine the frequency of opthalmyomyiasis externa and the ocular findings of disease in Southern Khorasan. METHODS: All patients referred to the emergency department of Valiaser hospital during the year 2011 with external ophthalmomyiasis were enrolled in this study. The diagnosis of external ophthalmomyiasis was made according to clinical findings and the presence of Oestrus ovis larvae. RESULTS: There were 18 cases of external ophthalmomyiasis in the emergency department of Valiaser hospital in 2011. Most cases had the common signs and symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis, except for three males who were referred with respective complaints of red eye, foreign body sensation, and swelling around the eyelids after contact injury the previous day; corneal infiltration was present in three cases. The visual acuity among the three cases that had peripheral corneal involvement was 20 / 30 in both eyes. The bulbar conjunctiva showed chemosis in all cases and a ropy pattern discharge that was clinically compatible with external ophthalmomyiasis. However, in one case, microscopic slit lamp examination did not show Oestrus ovis larvae. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of external ophthalmomyiasis was high in this region. Although external ophthalmomyiasis usually manifests as allergic conjunctivitis, coronary-like corneal infiltration may be considered in the differential diagnosis of external ophthalmomyiasis or toxic insult. The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2013-10 2013-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3782579/ /pubmed/24082771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2013.27.5.341 Text en © 2013 The Korean Ophthalmological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Gholamhossein, Yaghoubi Behrouz, Heydari External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis |
title | External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis |
title_full | External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis |
title_fullStr | External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis |
title_full_unstemmed | External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis |
title_short | External Ophthalmomyiasis Presenting to an Emergency Department: Corneal Findings as a Sign of Oestrus ovis |
title_sort | external ophthalmomyiasis presenting to an emergency department: corneal findings as a sign of oestrus ovis |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2013.27.5.341 |
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