[Ocular thelaziasis in man in Northern Italy].
In the present article the author reports a case of ocular thelaziasis in a man living in Piedmont (northern Italy). The subject first complained of symptoms of hyperlacrimation and conjunctivitis. After a series of treatments with eye drops, the nematode responsible for the symptomatology was identified, first mistaken with conjunctivitis. These parasites are rather rare in Italy especially in the North of the country.
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Dipartimento di emergenza e accettazione A.O.S. Croce & Carle, Cuneo, Italy. dutto.moreno@tiscali.it
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000469:parasitology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013802:Thelazioidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*