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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author Chiang, Homer H.
Sandhu, Rasanamar K.
Baynham, Justin
Wilson, David J.
Lauer, Andreas K.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-57221402017-12-19 A case of ophthalmomyiasis interna in the Pacific Northwest Chiang, Homer H. Sandhu, Rasanamar K. Baynham, Justin Wilson, David J. Lauer, Andreas K. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case report 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. Elsevier 2017-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5722140/ /pubmed/29260045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2017.01.002 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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