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Article: Subconjunctival adult bancroftian filarial worm.(Brief Report)
- Article from:
- Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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Byline: Mayank. Nanavaty, Ambarish. Nanavaty, Jitendra. Lakhani, Sucheta. Lakhani, Abhay. Vasavada
We report a case of live adult Bancroftian Filarial nematode removed from the sub conjunctival tissue of a 58-year-old woman from the temporal limbus of her left eye.
Filarial and filarial-like nematodes top the list of the nematodes that affect the eye. Filariasis is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, which has infected 79 million people worldwide and has a widespread distribution in Asia, Africa and Latin America (WHO).[1]
The larvae of Wuchereria Bancrofti can enter anterior chamber, iris, lens capsule, retina and Choroids.[2] The adult worm has ...