Subconjunctival Loa Loa worm: A case report

Ocular Loiasis although not frequently encountered, is reported from various parts of India. We report one such case of subconjunctival loa loa worm in a patient, who had no history of international travel or immigration. A 62 year old male patient presented with complaints of pain, redness, irritat...

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Main Authors: Nirmal Fredrick, Sunitha Nirmal, S P Sukanya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research
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Online Access:http://www.tnoajosr.com/article.asp?issn=2589-4528;year=2018;volume=56;issue=1;spage=26;epage=28;aulast=Fredrick
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spelling doaj-eec4e9fba4dc453c85c5ac128c4f7db32020-11-25T04:08:36ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research2589-45282589-45362018-01-01561262810.4103/tjosr.tjosr_28_18Subconjunctival Loa Loa worm: A case reportNirmal FredrickSunitha NirmalS P SukanyaOcular Loiasis although not frequently encountered, is reported from various parts of India. We report one such case of subconjunctival loa loa worm in a patient, who had no history of international travel or immigration. A 62 year old male patient presented with complaints of pain, redness, irritation and watering in the left eye since one day. On examination of the left eye, there was conjunctival congestion and a white thread like mobile worm was noticed in the subconjunctival space nasally. Under aseptic precautions and topical anaesthesia, a single white 5 cm long worm was removed alive and sent for histopathological examination, which reported it as an adult female loa loa worm.http://www.tnoajosr.com/article.asp?issn=2589-4528;year=2018;volume=56;issue=1;spage=26;epage=28;aulast=Fredrickloa loasubconjunctival loa loaloa loa worm
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Sunitha Nirmal
S P Sukanya
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S P Sukanya
Subconjunctival Loa Loa worm: A case report
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research
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title_short Subconjunctival Loa Loa worm: A case report
title_full Subconjunctival Loa Loa worm: A case report
title_fullStr Subconjunctival Loa Loa worm: A case report
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publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research
issn 2589-4528
2589-4536
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Ocular Loiasis although not frequently encountered, is reported from various parts of India. We report one such case of subconjunctival loa loa worm in a patient, who had no history of international travel or immigration. A 62 year old male patient presented with complaints of pain, redness, irritation and watering in the left eye since one day. On examination of the left eye, there was conjunctival congestion and a white thread like mobile worm was noticed in the subconjunctival space nasally. Under aseptic precautions and topical anaesthesia, a single white 5 cm long worm was removed alive and sent for histopathological examination, which reported it as an adult female loa loa worm.
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