title: Persistent corneal edema secondary to presumed dead adult filarial worm in the anterior chamber.
abstract: We present three cases of persistent corneal edema secondary to presumed dead adult filarial worms lying in the anterior chamber with their attachment to the endothelium. Two of them were initially diagnosed as descemet's fold with corneal edema. Two patients underwent penetrating keratoplasty and in one case, surgical removal was partly possible with clearing of cornea.
authors.affiliation: Disha Eye Hospitals and Research Centre, Barrackpore, Kolkata-700 120, West Bengal, India. disha@cal2.vsnl.net.in
authors.forename: Samar K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.forename: Tushar K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hazra
authors.forename: Debasish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000469:parasitology; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures