Anterior Chamber Live Loa loa: Case Report

We reported a case of unusual intraocular Loa loa in a 27-year-old patient who presented with painful red eye. Biomicroscopy revealed a living and active adult worm in the anterior chamber of the right eye. After surgical extraction under local anesthesia, parasitological identification confirmed L....

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Autores principales: Kagmeni, G., Cheuteu, R., Bilong, Y., Wiedemann, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27441005
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S40012
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author Kagmeni, G.
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description We reported a case of unusual intraocular Loa loa in a 27-year-old patient who presented with painful red eye. Biomicroscopy revealed a living and active adult worm in the anterior chamber of the right eye. After surgical extraction under local anesthesia, parasitological identification confirmed L. loa filariasis.
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spelling pubmed-49465812016-07-20 Anterior Chamber Live Loa loa: Case Report Kagmeni, G. Cheuteu, R. Bilong, Y. Wiedemann, P. Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Report We reported a case of unusual intraocular Loa loa in a 27-year-old patient who presented with painful red eye. Biomicroscopy revealed a living and active adult worm in the anterior chamber of the right eye. After surgical extraction under local anesthesia, parasitological identification confirmed L. loa filariasis. Libertas Academica 2016-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4946581/ /pubmed/27441005 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S40012 Text en © 2016 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License.
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Anterior Chamber Live Loa loa: Case Report
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title_full Anterior Chamber Live Loa loa: Case Report
title_fullStr Anterior Chamber Live Loa loa: Case Report
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title_short Anterior Chamber Live Loa loa: Case Report
title_sort anterior chamber live loa loa: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27441005
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