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Ocular dirofilariasis: Ophthalmic implication of climate change on vector-borne parasites
PURPOSE: To describe a geographically rare case of ophthalmic dirofilariasis. OBSERVATIONS: An 81-year-old male of good socioeconomic status living in the state of Michigan in the United States, presented to the eye clinic with a painful red left eye. He had not traveled outside of the state of Mich...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722161/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2017.04.004 |
Sumario: | PURPOSE: To describe a geographically rare case of ophthalmic dirofilariasis. OBSERVATIONS: An 81-year-old male of good socioeconomic status living in the state of Michigan in the United States, presented to the eye clinic with a painful red left eye. He had not traveled outside of the state of Michigan in over three years. He was found to have a 7 cm long subconjunctival roundworm, which was ultimately extracted. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: With increasing global temperatures, ocular dirofilariasis is being introduced in more northern climates and should be included in the differential diagnosis in areas previously isolated from these vector-borne parasites. |
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