A case of spirurid larva infection in the anterior chamber of the human eye.
A 39-year-old male living in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, who complained of headaches, and redness, the sensation of foreign bodies and puffy eyelids of the left eye, visited the Department of Ophthalmology, Yamanashi Medical College. A larval nematode was found in the anterior chamber of the left eye and removed through a limbic incision. This nematode was identified as the spirurid type X larva.
Chuang
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Department of Parasitology, and Ophthalmology, Yamanashi Medical College, Japan.
Nakajima
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Y
Sato
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S
Kagei
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N
Araki
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K
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000469:parasitology*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*