HUMAN OCULAR DIROFILARIASIS IN ISRAEL
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 12 (3) , 208-214
Abstract
This is the 1st report of human ocular dirofilariasis in Israel. A single female worm, Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) conjunctivae, was removed from an eye of each of 2 male patients. In the 1st case the worm was dead upon removal. It had penetrated into the sclera and was lodged in a subconjunctival abscess. In the 2nd case, the worm was alive and located superficially in a slight swelling near the inner canthus. Surgical removal of the worms under local anthesia was followed by complete recovery in both patients, with no impairment of vision.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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