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Rare cause of floaters: A motile live worm in vitreous cavity
Ocular filariasis commonly presents as subconjunctival or eyelid nodules. We report a rare case of a live, motile worm causing floaters. The worm was isolated from the vitreous cavity and revealed to be Dirofilaria repens. Correct recognition of the worm is necessary as human dirofilariasis does not...
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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/PMC6727692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31436210 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_79_19 |