An Adult Worm in the Eye

Qazi, Mohiuddin S.; Khetan, Seema P; Tankhiwale, S. S.

doi:10.19056/ijmdsjssmes/2016/v5i2/100619

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“…Mandal et al stated about recovery of subconjunctival gravid female L. loa from a 50-year-old Indian woman in Kumayun district, Himalayas 78 in 1953, Laxmi et al 9 in 1988, Arora et al 10 in 1990 and Satyavani et al 11 in 1993 5. Sayali et al 12 reported adult L. loa from upper eyelid in 2011 and Khetan et al 13 reported male L. loa from a 9-year-old child 5 12…”

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Worm in anterior chamber of the eye

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“…There are few published case reports with different types of worms found in anterior chamber of eye, Loa loa. [3][4][5] Brugia malayi, 6 Wuchereria Bancrofti, 7 Angiostrongylus, 8 Linguatula serrata. [9][10][11] There are two published case report with E. vermicularis in ocular orbit of 14 year-old girl 1 and a case with the worm found in conjunctival sac in 15 year-old girl 12 but reported cases of E. vermicularis in anterior chamber of eye in english literature is, probably the first case.…”

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Enterobius vermicularis in anterior chamber of eye

Bajracharya

Bhari

et al. 2019

Asian J Med Sci

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Enterobius vermiculari which is often referred as pinworm, is an intestinal nematode which is transmitted through fecal-oral route. The extraintestinal presentation of the worm is rare. A live worm, Enterobius vermicularis in anterior chamber is a very rare case. To present an unusual case of Enterobius vermicularis in anterior chamber of right eye in a 3 years old girl. Visual acuity assessment, slit lamp examination and ultrasonography of the eye were performed. The worm was found in anterior chamber of right eye at 8-9 o' clock hour position, coiling at the presentation. The living, white worm was freely moving and changing position frequently. There was hypopyon with exudates inferiorly. The pupil was irregular, posterior synechiae was present with cataractous lens. The living worm was removed surgically under general anesthesia and sent for microbiological examination. Synecholysis with lens aspiration and Posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation was done in second surgery. An adult worm in anterior chamber is rare. Treatment is surgical removal. The visual prognosis is not good when the case present with severe form of anterior uveitis and complicated cataract.

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Presence of adult Loa loa in the anterior chamber of the eye along with microfilaremia from nonendemic region: A rare presentation from India

Kumari¹,

Ahmad²,

Singh³

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Tzu Chi Med J

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We report an unusual case of adult Loa loa infection in the anterior chamber of the eye of a 65-year-old female from rural area of Jharkhand, India, with no history of travel to endemic places but the presence of microfilaria of Loa loa in blood. Loiasis is endemic to African countries, with few sporadic cases affecting the Indian population. However, in none of the reports, microfilaremia was detected. This atypical feature in this case adds to the epidemiological variations in parasitic presentations in nonendemic regions.

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An Adult Worm in the Eye

Abstract: We report a case of ocular loiasis in a 9 yrs old girl. Very

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Worm in anterior chamber of the eye

Worm in anterior chamber of the eye

Enterobius vermicularis in anterior chamber of eye

Presence of adult Loa loa in the anterior chamber of the eye along with microfilaremia from nonendemic region: A rare presentation from India

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