Several Cases of Ocular Dirofilariasis in Bulgaria.
Dirofilaria repens
Histology
Ocular dirofilariasis
Journal
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre
ISSN: 1423-0151
Titre abrégé: Med Princ Pract
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 8901334
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
05
03
2020
accepted:
21
05
2020
pubmed:
28
5
2020
medline:
6
10
2021
entrez:
28
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In this study, we describe ocular dirofilariasis in Bulgaria. We studied 7 patients with a subconjunctival or periorbital form of Dirofilaria repens infection during 2010-2019. Morphological, serological, and paraclinical diagnostic methods were used. The patients (6 females, 1 male) were aged between 23 and 72 years. In 3 patients, subcutaneous nodules were detected in the area of the upper eyelid, in 1 patient the location was suborbital. In 3 other patients, a subconjunctival location was found. All patients were cured definitively by removal of the larva, without etiologic treatment. The most reliable and easily accessible diagnostic method is morphological analysis by microscopy of histological preparations of the parasite. In dirofilariasis, ocular location is the most common in humans, and it deserves special attention of clinicians.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32460293
pii: 000508960
doi: 10.1159/000508960
pmc: PMC7768147
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
588-590Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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