Live encysted Thelazia callipaeda presenting as a lump adjacent to the right lacrimal sac in a 42-year-old female: A rare case report

Live encysted Thelazia callipaeda presenting as a lump adjacent to the right lacrimal sac in a 42-year-old female: A rare case report

Thelazia callipaeda or the oriental eye worm infects a wide variety of hosts including dogs, cats, foxes, rabbits, and humans through the Drosophila flies. We report here a case of a 42-year-old female who presented with pain, redness, and cystic swelling in the right lacrimal sac area for 8 months....

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Main Authors: Jayanta Kumar Das, Dipankar Das, Saurabh Deshmukh, Krati Gupta, Sumegha Singh Tomar, Erani Borah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Human thelaziasis
oriental eyeworm
periocular thelaziasis
Thelazia callipaeda
zoonoses
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=8;spage=1220;epage=1223;aulast=Das

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