Rare cause of floaters: A motile live worm in vitreous cavity
Ocular filariasis commonly presents as subconjunctival or eyelid nodules. We report a rare case of a live, motile worm causing floaters. The worm was isolated from the vitreous cavity and revealed to be Dirofilaria repens. Correct recognition of the worm is necessary as human dirofilariasis does not...
Main Authors: | Renu P Rajan, Soumya Jena, N Obuli Ramachandran, Piyush Kohli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2019;volume=67;issue=9;spage=1490;epage=1492;aulast= |
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