Ascaris lumbricoides in the lacrimal passage.
Ascariasis is caused by the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides. We report an additional case of live Ascaris lumbricoides removed from the lacrimal puncta of a 10-year-old boy.
Department of Ophthalmology, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital, Chennai-600 001, Tamil Nadu, India.
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M
Balasubramaniam
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P
Sudhakar
M
M
Subhashini
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S
Srinivasan
M
M
Padma
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V
Chopra
D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000469:parasitology*