[Human periorbital dirofilariasis].
We present the case of a 72 year-old-woman with recurrent periocular inflamatory mass caused by an infection with Dirofilaria repens. The zoonotic infection is spreading by mosquito vectors from dogs to humans. Residence in endemic areas (ex-USSR, Italy, Sri Lanka, Southeastern United States) should always be suspected in patients with this type of symptomatology. The treatment is curative by the extraction of the pseudotumoral mass.
Garaffini
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Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hopital Robert Debre, Reims.
Ducasse
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A
Jaussaud
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R
Strady
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A
Pinon
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D012008:Recurrence; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology
Dirofilariose humaine periorbitaire.