title: Orbital dirofilariasis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To warn the ophthalmologist to consider orbital dirofilariasis in the differential diagnosis of inflammatory masses of the orbit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two cases with non-specific swelling and pain of the orbit who had a initial diagnosis of "inflammatory pseudotumor of the orbit".
  
  
  RESULTS
  These are two new cases of orbital dirofilariasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the ophthalmic literature, the highest incidence of ocular dirofilariasis is reported in Italy. Since both these patients had no history of travel in endemic areas of Dirofilaria, this parasitic infection is presumably not rare in Italy and is probably underdiagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strianese
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molfino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Falabella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tranfa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity