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Case Reports
. 2012 Jul;43(4):851-6.

Thelazia callipaeda: a human case report

Parnpen Viriyavejakul  1 , Srivicha Krudsood, Srisuchart Monkhonmu, Chuchard Punsawad, Mario Riganti, Prayong Radomyos
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Case Reports

Thelazia callipaeda: a human case report

Parnpen Viriyavejakul et al. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

We report a rare case of human thelaziasis. A 31-year-old man from Nakhon Pathom, Thailand presented to the hospital with a foreign body sensation in and excessive lacrimation from the right eye for one week. His visual acuity was normal. He gave a history of a fly flying around his face; he then rubbed it against his right eye. Five adult worms were collected from the right eye. Two were removed by the patients and three were removed on the ward, using a small cotton swab, from the conjunctival sac. All five worms were identified morphologically as Thelazia callipaeda. The patient became free of symptoms after the fifth worm was removed.

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