Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket

A patient with an anophthalmic socket with a dermis-fat graft (DFG) developed inflammation and a foul odour in the right socket. The DFG was surgically removed and Tungiasis infestation was detected. This is the first case to report Tungiasis infestation in a DFG in an anophthalmic socket.

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Autores principales: Galindo-Ferreiro, Alicia, AlEssa, Dalal, Elkhamary, Sahar M., Edward, Deepak P., Galvez-Ruiz, Alberto, Schellini, Silvana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6424711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30930673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.06.005
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author Galindo-Ferreiro, Alicia
AlEssa, Dalal
Elkhamary, Sahar M.
Edward, Deepak P.
Galvez-Ruiz, Alberto
Schellini, Silvana
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description A patient with an anophthalmic socket with a dermis-fat graft (DFG) developed inflammation and a foul odour in the right socket. The DFG was surgically removed and Tungiasis infestation was detected. This is the first case to report Tungiasis infestation in a DFG in an anophthalmic socket.
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spelling pubmed-64247112019-03-29 Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket Galindo-Ferreiro, Alicia AlEssa, Dalal Elkhamary, Sahar M. Edward, Deepak P. Galvez-Ruiz, Alberto Schellini, Silvana Saudi J Ophthalmol Case Report A patient with an anophthalmic socket with a dermis-fat graft (DFG) developed inflammation and a foul odour in the right socket. The DFG was surgically removed and Tungiasis infestation was detected. This is the first case to report Tungiasis infestation in a DFG in an anophthalmic socket. Elsevier 2019 2018-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6424711/ /pubmed/30930673 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.06.005 Text en © 2018 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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Elkhamary, Sahar M.
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Galvez-Ruiz, Alberto
Schellini, Silvana
Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket
title Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket
title_full Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket
title_fullStr Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket
title_full_unstemmed Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket
title_short Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket
title_sort tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6424711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30930673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.06.005
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