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Case Reports
. 2004 Mar;52(1):57-8.

Intravitreal live Gnathostoma spinigerum

Samar K Basak  1 , Tushar K Sinha, Debasish Bhattacharya, Tushar K Hazra, Sunil Parikh
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Case Reports

Intravitreal live Gnathostoma spinigerum

Samar K Basak et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2004 Mar.
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Abstract

Intraocular infestation by live Gnathostoma spinigerum is a rare occurrence in humans. Most of the published reports are from South-East Asia. We report a case of intravitreal gnathostomiasis, where the worm was removed live and intact by pars plana vitrectomy.

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