Ocular sparganosis from Assam

Sparganosis is caused by plerocercoid larvae of the Pseudophyllidea tapeworms of the genus Spirometra. Though prevalent in East Asian and south east Asian countries like China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand; yet very few cases are reported from India. We report a case of migrating sub-conj...

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Autores principales: Nath, Reema, Gogoi, Rajendra Nath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.149930
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Sumario:Sparganosis is caused by plerocercoid larvae of the Pseudophyllidea tapeworms of the genus Spirometra. Though prevalent in East Asian and south east Asian countries like China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand; yet very few cases are reported from India. We report a case of migrating sub-conjunctival ocular sparganosis mimicking scleritis which later on developed into orbital cellulitis from Dibrugarh, Assam, North-eastern part of India. This case is reported for its rarity.

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