Cestode larva (Sparganum) in the anterior chamber of the eye.
The first case of intraocular sparganosis presenting as endophthalmitis is reported with a live plerocercoid larva of Spirometra lodged in the anterior chamber of the eye of a man in India. The larva was identified histologically.
Sen
D K
DK
Department of Ophthalmology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Muller
R
R
Gupta
V P
VP
Chilana
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000473:pathology*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013032:Sparganum