Intraocular gnathostomiasis: A rare case report from Central India

We report the first case of intraocular gnathostomiasis from Central India. A 29-year-old male from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, presented with pain and redness of the right eye since 1 month. Slit lamp examination revealed anterior uveitis, multiple iris atrophic patches, and a live worm hooked on iris....

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Autores principales: Rawat, Preeti, Gautam, Manushree, Jain, Nikhila C, Jain, Rajdeep
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146938
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.181747
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Gautam, Manushree
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description We report the first case of intraocular gnathostomiasis from Central India. A 29-year-old male from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, presented with pain and redness of the right eye since 1 month. Slit lamp examination revealed anterior uveitis, multiple iris atrophic patches, and a live worm hooked on iris. The worm was removed through a small sclerocorneal tunnel. Microscopy confirmed Gnathostoma spinigerum. The patient was treated with oral albendazole and steroids. The case is reported because of its rarity.
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spelling pubmed-48694662016-05-20 Intraocular gnathostomiasis: A rare case report from Central India Rawat, Preeti Gautam, Manushree Jain, Nikhila C Jain, Rajdeep Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication We report the first case of intraocular gnathostomiasis from Central India. A 29-year-old male from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, presented with pain and redness of the right eye since 1 month. Slit lamp examination revealed anterior uveitis, multiple iris atrophic patches, and a live worm hooked on iris. The worm was removed through a small sclerocorneal tunnel. Microscopy confirmed Gnathostoma spinigerum. The patient was treated with oral albendazole and steroids. The case is reported because of its rarity. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4869466/ /pubmed/27146938 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.181747 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 ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869466/
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