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Case Reports
. 2017 Jan-Mar;61(1):76-79.
doi: 10.22336/rjo.2017.14.

Subconjunctival ocular filariasis -Case report

Sorin Simion Macarie  1 , Cristina Dobre  2 , Marilena-Cristina Suciu  2 , Angela-Monica Ionica  3 , Mihai-Sorin Cernea  3 , Paul Tarcău  2 , Flaviu Bodea  2
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Subconjunctival ocular filariasis -Case report

Sorin Simion Macarie et al. Rom J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

We are presenting the case of a patient who was clinically diagnosed with subconjunctival ocular dirofilariasis, confirmed by the parasitological examination. The treatment consisted in the surgical extraction of the parasite, a local treatment with antibiotics and steroidal anti-inflammatory mydriatic and general treatment with antihelminthic, antibiotic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory drugs. The intraoperative and postoperative evolution of the case was favorable.

Keywords: Dirofilaria repens; ocular dirofilariasis; ocular parasite.

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The appearance of the subconjunctival parasite
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The surgical extraction of the parasite
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Measurement of the parasite
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The appearance of the anterior extremity of the Dirofilaria repens (x20)
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The appearance of Dirofilaria repens posterior end with spikes visible (x20)
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Dirofilaria repens posterior end with spikes visible (x20)
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Dirofilaria repens posterior end, caudal papillae (x20)
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