A juvenile filarial worm, Wuchereria bancrofti, extracted from the vitreous of the eye: the first report in the world literature.
A live worm was extracted from the vitreous of the eye of a patient in Sri Lanka. Based on the details of its length, width, oesophagus and vulva it was identified as Ajuvenile female Wuchereria bancrofti.
Department of Parasitology, Medical Research institute, Eye Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka. samasagarika@hotmail.com
Sagarika
S
Samarasinghe
Saliya
S
Pathirana
D000818:Animals; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013188:Sri Lanka; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000469:parasitology