title: [Loiasis. Approach to a form of ocular parasitosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, España. iloprod@yahoo.es
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: López-Rodríguez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De-la-Fuente-Cid
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carnero-López
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cordido-Carballido
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zúñiga-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008118:Loiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male