[Loiasis. Approach to a form of ocular parasitosis].
METHODS
We present the case of a man from Cameroon who was referred because of the presence of a worm in both eyes, intermittently, over a five-year period. Slit-lamp examination revealed a creeping worm under the conjunctiva. Its surgical removal enabled microbiologic confirmation of a mature form of Loa-Loa.


CONCLUSIONS
Loiasis is a parasitic disease endemic in Africa. Because of the increase of African emigration to Spain, the possibility of this condition must be considered in Spain.
López-Rodríguez
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Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, España. iloprod@yahoo.es
De-la-Fuente-Cid
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Carnero-López
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Cordido-Carballido
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Zúñiga-Rodríguez
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D000328:Adult; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008118:Loiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male