Subconjunctival ocular filariasis -Case report-

We are presenting the case of a patient who was clinically diagnosed with subconjunctival ocular dirofilariasis, confirmed by the parasitological examination. The treatment consisted in the surgical extraction of the parasite, a local treatment with antibiotics and steroidal anti-inflammatory mydria...

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Autores principales: Macarie, Sorin Simion, Dobre, Cristina, Suciu, Marilena-Cristina, Ionica, Angela-Monica, Cernea, Mihai-Sorin, Tarcău, Paul, Bodea, Flaviu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Romanian Society of Ophthalmology 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29450376
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author Macarie, Sorin Simion
Dobre, Cristina
Suciu, Marilena-Cristina
Ionica, Angela-Monica
Cernea, Mihai-Sorin
Tarcău, Paul
Bodea, Flaviu
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Dobre, Cristina
Suciu, Marilena-Cristina
Ionica, Angela-Monica
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description We are presenting the case of a patient who was clinically diagnosed with subconjunctival ocular dirofilariasis, confirmed by the parasitological examination. The treatment consisted in the surgical extraction of the parasite, a local treatment with antibiotics and steroidal anti-inflammatory mydriatic and general treatment with antihelminthic, antibiotic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory drugs. The intraoperative and postoperative evolution of the case was favorable.
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spelling pubmed-57100582017-12-14 Subconjunctival ocular filariasis -Case report- Macarie, Sorin Simion Dobre, Cristina Suciu, Marilena-Cristina Ionica, Angela-Monica Cernea, Mihai-Sorin Tarcău, Paul Bodea, Flaviu Rom J Ophthalmol Case Reports We are presenting the case of a patient who was clinically diagnosed with subconjunctival ocular dirofilariasis, confirmed by the parasitological examination. The treatment consisted in the surgical extraction of the parasite, a local treatment with antibiotics and steroidal anti-inflammatory mydriatic and general treatment with antihelminthic, antibiotic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory drugs. The intraoperative and postoperative evolution of the case was favorable. Romanian Society of Ophthalmology 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5710058/ /pubmed/29450376 Text en ©Romanian Society of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cernea, Mihai-Sorin
Tarcău, Paul
Bodea, Flaviu
Subconjunctival ocular filariasis -Case report-
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