Live encysted Thelazia callipaeda presenting as a lump adjacent to the right lacrimal sac in a 42-year-old female: A rare case report
| Autor: | Saurabh Deshmukh, Dipankar Das, Krati Gupta, Jayanta Kumar Das, Sumegha Singh Tomar, Erani Borah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Thelaziasis
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| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 66, Iss 8, Pp 1220-1223 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 0301-4738 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijo.ijo_317_18 |
| Popis: | 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. Ocular examination was within normal limits. Excision biopsy of the cyst revealed a live worm. In humans, the worm is usually found in the conjunctival sac, lacrimal canaliculi, or the lacrimal sac leading to a disease which can be subclinical or symptomatic. Thus, we report a rare presentation of thelaziasis, that is, periocular involvement. This case presentation is first of its kind in the Indian literature. |
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