A case of ophthalmomyiasis interna in the Pacific Northwest

PURPOSE: We report a case of ophthalmomyiasis interna successfully removed in toto with pars plana vitrectomy. OBSERVATIONS: An 84-year-old woman with recent close contact with lambs presented with a new floater. Examination revealed subretinal tracks pathognomonic for ophthalmomyiasis and a larva s...

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Autores principales: Chiang, Homer H., Sandhu, Rasanamar K., Baynham, Justin, Wilson, David J., Lauer, Andreas K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2017.01.002
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Sumario:PURPOSE: We report a case of ophthalmomyiasis interna successfully removed in toto with pars plana vitrectomy. OBSERVATIONS: An 84-year-old woman with recent close contact with lambs presented with a new floater. Examination revealed subretinal tracks pathognomonic for ophthalmomyiasis and a larva suspended in the vitreous. The larva was successfully removed in toto with pars plana vitrectomy by aspiration through the vitreous cutter. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Aspiration with pars plana vitrectomy can be considered a primary therapeutic modality for botfly larvae suspended in the vitreous. In our case, in toto removal of the larvae reduced the risk of inflammatory reaction.

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