Worm in anterior chamber of the eye

We report a case of a 42-year-old female patient who presented to the ophthalmology outpatient department with painful red eye for 1 month. Slit-lamp microscopy showed a live worm in the anterior chamber of left eye. The worm was surgically removed under topical anaesthesia. It was sent to the micro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ case reports 2018-03, Vol.2018, p.bcr-2017-223173
Hauptverfasser:	Khan, Nazia, Yadav, Ankur, Agrawal, Siddharth, Gupta, Prashant
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Animals Anterior Chamber - parasitology Anterior Chamber - surgery Case Report Case reports Eye Infections, Parasitic - diagnosis Eye Infections, Parasitic - surgery Female Humans Nematoda - isolation & purification Parasites Slit Lamp Microscopy
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