Conjunctivitis due to Thelazia californiensis
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 93 (7) , 522-523
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1975.01010020538011
Abstract
A patient with chronic conjunctivitis was found to have a parasitic nematode infection of the conjunctiva. The parasite was found within the cul-de-sac of the conjunctiva, entirely motile. The treatment of the conjunctivitis was simple removal of the organism, and periodic follow up.Keywords
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