title: Case report: intraocular gnathostomiasis in Vietnam.
abstract: This is the report of the first case of intraocular gnathostomiasis diagnosed in Vietnam. The disease progressed in two months in two distinct phases: in the first phase, the patient had swellings, which appeared at different times and in different locations, on his face--this phase lasted around one month; the second phase was the embedding of the parasite in the vitreous cavity of the right eye and uveitis. Surgical extraction of a living Gnathostoma larva was carried out. Based on morphological, histological criteria, the larva may have been an atypical third-stage of Gnathostoma spinigerum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Le Thi
authors.initials: le T
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Wichit
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rojekittikhun
authors.forename: Benjanee
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Punpoowong
authors.forename: Le Nhu
authors.initials: le N
authors.lastname: Trang
authors.forename: Tran Vinh
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Hien
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014744:Vietnam