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Case Reports
. 1986 Spring-Summer;6(2):99-104.
doi: 10.1097/00006982-198600620-00006.

Vitrectomy for excision of intraocular larva (hypoderma species)

P A Rapoza, R G Michels, R J Semeraro, W R Green
Case Reports

Vitrectomy for excision of intraocular larva (hypoderma species)

P A Rapoza et al. Retina. 1986 Spring-Summer.

Abstract

A 2-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of anterior and posterior uveitis associated with the presence of an intravitreal larva. A Hypoderma species larva was successfully removed using a pars plana vitrectomy technique. A combined traction/rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and epiretinal membrane formation occurred later, requiring a second operation, but a good visual result was obtained.

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