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Case Reports
. 2016 Jun;54(3):319-21.
doi: 10.3347/kjp.2016.54.3.319. Epub 2016 Jun 30.

A Pediatric Case of Thelaziasis in Korea

Chung Hyuk Yim  1 , Jeong Hee Ko  1 , Jung Hyun Lee  1 , Yu Mi Choi  1 , Won Wook Lee  1 , Sang Ki Ahn  2 , Myoung Hee Ahn  3 , Kyong Eun Choi  1
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A Pediatric Case of Thelaziasis in Korea

Chung Hyuk Yim et al. Korean J Parasitol. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

In the present study, we intended to report a clinical pediatric case of thelaziasis in Korea. In addition, we briefly reviewed the literature on pediatric cases of thelaziasis in Korea. In the present case, 3 whitish, thread-like eye-worms were detected in a 6-year-old-boy living in an urban area and contracted an ocular infection known as thelaziasis incidentally during ecological agritainment. This is the first report of pediatric thelaziasis in Seoul after 1995.

Keywords: Thelazia callipaeda; ecological agritainment; eye-worm; pediatric ocular parasite; thelaziasis.

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We have no conflict of interest related to this work.

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Fig. 1.
Morphological features of Thelazia callipaeda (females) recovered in this case. (A, B) Anterior portion. BC, buccal cavity; SC, striated cuticle; Es, esophagus; V, vulva; L, larvae. Scale bar=150 μm. (C, D) Middle portion showing the intestine (I), larvae (L), and eggs (E). Scale bar=150 μm. (E) Caudal portion showing the rectum (R) and anus (A). (F) Esophageal level showing the esophagus (Es) and striated cuticle (SC).
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