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Ocular filariasis: “Dancing sensation in the anterior chamber”
We report a case of ocular filariasis in a 28–year-old male who presented with a 2-month history of irritated acute red eye. Examination revealed a living and active large worm dancing in the anterior chamber of the left eye causing acute iridocyclitis, leading to drop in vision to 6/36. The worm wh...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31161094 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_69_18 |
| Sumario: | We report a case of ocular filariasis in a 28–year-old male who presented with a 2-month history of irritated acute red eye. Examination revealed a living and active large worm dancing in the anterior chamber of the left eye causing acute iridocyclitis, leading to drop in vision to 6/36. The worm whose size was approximately 33 mm in length was extracted under local anesthesia in toto using viscoelastics without damaging the ocular structures. Microscopic examination confirmed adult Wuchereria bancrofti. |
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