Intraocular filaria, a Loaina species, from man in Colombia.
A 4.5-mm filarial worm was removed from the anterior chamber of the left eye of a 56-year-old man who had lost the sight in the right eye due to trauma some years earlier. The worm was removed intact through an upper scleral incision with a corneal based flap. Within 2 months vision was normal. The worm was identified as a sexually mature male of an undescribed species of Loaina Eberhard and Orihel 1984, a genus related to Loa and Dirofilaria.
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000469:parasitology*; D003105:Colombia; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged