Zoonotic intravitreal Onchocerca in Hungary.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_204787118921
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Zoonotic intravitreal Onchocerca in Hungary.
Journal
Ophthalmology
ISSN
1549-4713 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0161-6420
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/2005
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
112
Number
3
Pages
502-504
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
To report the case of a 65-year-old male patient from western Hungary who presented with rapidly progressive peripheral visual field (VF) loss and the sensation of an actively moving object in his central VF.
Interventional case report. METHOD/INTERVENTION: A live nematode was removed from the anterior vitreous cavity by pars plana vitrectomy.
The worm was successfully removed surgically, and the patient had an uneventful recovery. The nematode was identified as an immature filaria, most likely a member of the genus Onchocerca.
Only 3 previous reports exist of human infection of the eye caused by zoonotic Onchocerca, 2 involving the subconjunctiva and 1 the cornea. Although rare, zoonotic onchocercal infection of the eye must be considered a differential diagnostic entity even in temperate climates.
Interventional case report. METHOD/INTERVENTION: A live nematode was removed from the anterior vitreous cavity by pars plana vitrectomy.
The worm was successfully removed surgically, and the patient had an uneventful recovery. The nematode was identified as an immature filaria, most likely a member of the genus Onchocerca.
Only 3 previous reports exist of human infection of the eye caused by zoonotic Onchocerca, 2 involving the subconjunctiva and 1 the cornea. Although rare, zoonotic onchocercal infection of the eye must be considered a differential diagnostic entity even in temperate climates.
Keywords
Aged, Animals, Eye Diseases/parasitology, Eye Diseases/surgery, Female, Humans, Hungary, Male, Onchocerca/cytology, Onchocerca/isolation & purification, Onchocerciasis, Ocular/parasitology, Onchocerciasis, Ocular/surgery, Visual Acuity, Vitrectomy, Vitreous Body/parasitology, Vitreous Body/surgery, Zoonoses/parasitology
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