Angiostrongylus cantonensis in anterior chamber

Live worm in anterior chamber is a rare finding. We hereby report a case of ocular Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the third case report from India. A 70-year-old female presented with the complaints of watering and foreign body sensations in right eye since 2 mo...

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Autores principales: Tiwari, Uma Sharan, Aishwarya, Ankita, Gandhi, Shashi, Sisodia, Priya
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6324150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574932
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_843_18
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author Tiwari, Uma Sharan
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description Live worm in anterior chamber is a rare finding. We hereby report a case of ocular Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the third case report from India. A 70-year-old female presented with the complaints of watering and foreign body sensations in right eye since 2 months. On examination, a translucent worm of approximately 15 mm length was found freely moving in anterior chamber. Patient underwent surgical removal of live worm, which was identified as A. cantonensis. Educating people regarding importance of hygiene is important for prevention of worm infestation.
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spelling pubmed-63241502019-01-25 Angiostrongylus cantonensis in anterior chamber Tiwari, Uma Sharan Aishwarya, Ankita Gandhi, Shashi Sisodia, Priya Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports Live worm in anterior chamber is a rare finding. We hereby report a case of ocular Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the third case report from India. A 70-year-old female presented with the complaints of watering and foreign body sensations in right eye since 2 months. On examination, a translucent worm of approximately 15 mm length was found freely moving in anterior chamber. Patient underwent surgical removal of live worm, which was identified as A. cantonensis. Educating people regarding importance of hygiene is important for prevention of worm infestation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6324150/ /pubmed/30574932 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_843_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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