Human ocular infestation by live filarial worm is a rare
occurrence and has been reported mostly form South-East Asia.
It involves the eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, anterior chamber
and uvea. No case of intravitreal Brugian microfilaria / adult
worm has been found by Medline search. Here we report a case
of live intravitreal adult Brugian filaria, where the parasite was
successfully removed by pars plana vitrectomy. Identification
of the worm was done by light microscopy and confirmed by
immuno chromatographic test.
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