title: Intravitreal angiostrongyliasis.
abstract: A case of intravitreal angiostrongyliasis is reported in a Thai female who had eaten raw snails. After immobilising the worm by use of an intravitreal cryoprobe it was successfully removed via the pars plana with vitreous foreign body forceps.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000801:Angiostrongylus; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012908:Snails; D014822:Vitreous Body