title: Dirofilaria repens in the eyelid: case report of subcutaneous manifestation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors report a case of eyelid subcutaneous filariasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thorough history, eye examination, surgical intervention, and parasitologic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An adult Dirofilaria repens worm was extracted from the right upper eyelid in a man living in Italy presenting to our department with lid swelling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Due to increasing migration of populations to Europe, rare manifestations of ocular filariasis are becoming more common. Surgery was both diagnostic and therapeutic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology II, Universitiy of Roma Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mannino
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Contestabile
authors.forename: Edoardo Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Medori
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mannino
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurizi Enrici
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marangi
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D016054:DNA, Protozoan