Oestrus ovis ophthalmomyiasis with keratitis.
A 35-year-old male patient presented with complaints of redness, swelling around the eyelids, watering, and irritation in the right eye. At presentation his best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 partial in the right eye. The tarsal conjunctiva of the upper eyelid showed injection with pseudomembrane. Underneath the pseudomembrane we noticed four motile larvae. The cornea showed an irregular cobweb-like mucous plaque adherent to the epithelium, with a clear stroma. The pseudomembrane was easily peeled-off under topical anaesthesia. The organisms were removed and identified as Oestrus ovis. Three days later the patient was comfortable and his visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye.
Sreejith
R S
RS
Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Reddy
A K
AK
Ganeshpuri
S S
SS
Garg
P
P
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology