title: Cestode larva (Sparganum) in the anterior chamber of the eye.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chilana
mesh_terms: 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