Ophthalmomyiasis treated by argon-laser photocoagulation.
A live, subretinal fly larva was observed in a 16-year-old Caucasian female. Argon-laser photocoagulation killed the larva without a destructive inflammatory response. The patient's vision improved from 20/200 to 20/20 as the eye recovered. Clinical photographs demonstrate the larva and the acute and later healed pathopneumonic subretinal tracks. The laser photocoagulation technique is described.
D000293:Adolescent; D001128:Argon; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000379:methods; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
D001128:Argon