Loiasis (a case report)

A case of Loiasis in a Nigerian male presenting in an unusual manner with two adult worms, one under-neath the conjunctiva of the left eye and another in subcutaneous tissue below the sternal end of the left clavicle, is reported This was associated with calabar swell-ings, and microfilariae in the peripheral blood smear taken during day time. It was diagnosed by the morphology of the adult worms removed surgically and of the microfilariae.