title: [Conjunctival dirofilariasis, a case discovered in the Kairouan region].
abstract: A case of conjunctival dirofilariasis was reported in a 55 years old patient, from Kairouan. The human dirofilariasis comes always and only from animals. In most cases, the dirofilariasis is localised under the skin; the ocular localisation of the disease is rare or exceptional. The authors discuss the epidemiology and describe the possible ocular localisation of the dirofilariasis.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Farhat Hached de Sousse, Service d'Ophtalmologie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaabouni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sallami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Said
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ben Rachid
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Romdane
mesh_terms: D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Dirofilariose sous conjonctivale à propos d'un cas découvert dans la région de Kairouan.