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Case Reports
. 1984 Summer-Fall;4(3):163-5.
doi: 10.1097/00006982-198400430-00006.

Ophthalmomyiasis treated by argon-laser photocoagulation

A R Forman, A F Cruess, W E Benson
Case Reports

Ophthalmomyiasis treated by argon-laser photocoagulation

A R Forman et al. Retina. 1984 Summer-Fall.

Abstract

A live, subretinal fly larva was observed in a 16-year-old Caucasian female. Argon-laser photocoagulation killed the larva without a destructive inflammatory response. The patient's vision improved from 20/200 to 20/20 as the eye recovered. Clinical photographs demonstrate the larva and the acute and later healed pathopneumonic subretinal tracks. The laser photocoagulation technique is described.

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