Ophthalmomyiasis Externa Caused by Oestrus ovis
Autor: | Seethalakshmi Krishnamurthy Diddapur, Subramanya Giliyar Kota, Shobha D. Nadagir, Mahesh Kumar Shankar |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Laboratory Physicians, Vol 4, Iss 01, Pp 043-044 (2012) Journal of Laboratory Physicians |
ISSN: | 0974-7826 0974-2727 |
DOI: | 10.4103/0974-2727.98671 |
Popis: | A 50-year-old male presented with foreign body sensation, pain, and redness in left eye. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed tiny larvae crawling around the conjunctival sac. The larvae, numbering 13, were mechanically removed under topical anesthesia and identified under light microscope as first-stage larvae of Oestrus ovis causing ophthalmomyiasis externa. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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