Worms in the Eye

A 21-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of itching in his left eye. He reported “seeing worms” in his eye. He underwent thorough irrigation of the conjunctival sac and lacrimal duct. A video shows removal of three worms. A 21-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of itching in his l...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2016-10, Vol.375 (14), p.e30-e30
Hauptverfasser: Huh, Kyungmin, Choi, Jeong Hoon
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A 21-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of itching in his left eye. He reported “seeing worms” in his eye. He underwent thorough irrigation of the conjunctival sac and lacrimal duct. A video shows removal of three worms. A 21-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of itching in his left eye. He reported “seeing worms” in his eye. He underwent thorough irrigation of the conjunctival sac and lacrimal duct, during which three worms were removed (video and Panel A). The worms were white, slender, and filiform nematodes, 10 to 12 mm long and 0.16 to 0.18 mm wide, with attenuation at both ends (Panel B). The worms were morphologically characterized by the presence of a buccal capsule near the anterior end (Panel C) and cuticular striations over the whole tegumental surface (Panel D). On the basis of . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMicm1515440