Dirofilaria repens in the eyelid: case report of subcutaneous manifestation.
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.
Mannino
Giuseppe
G
Department of Ophthalmology II, Universitiy of Roma Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
Contestabile
Maria Teresa
MT
Medori
Edoardo Maria
EM
Mannino
Cristina
C
Maurizi Enrici
Maurizio
M
Marangi
Massimo
M
Rossi
Patrizia
P
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
D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D016054:DNA, Protozoan