title: An unusual intraocular tongue worm in anterior chamber: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present an interesting case of intraocular Linguatula serrata in a 5-year-old boy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Visual acuity testing, biomicroscopic slit-lamp examination, and indirect ophthalmoscopy were performed on a 5-year-old boy with a progressively enlarging white lesion in the anterior chamber of the right eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The worm was found in the anterior chamber, attached firmly to the peripheral iris with free-floating tail. The living worm, which grew progressively over 2 months, caused a mild anterior chamber reaction with marginally raised intraocular pressure. The worm was removed surgically in toto. This is the first documentation of human ocular pentastomiasis in India.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An adult worm in the anterior chamber is apparently rare and can present even with a quiet eye. Surgical removal is essential. However, visual prognosis is good.
authors: Swakshyar Saumya
authors: SS
authors: Pal
authors: Mona
authors: M
authors: Bhargava
authors: Amitabh
authors: A
authors: Kumar
authors: Nitish
authors: N
authors: Mahajan
authors: Subhajit
authors: S
authors: Das
authors: Krishnendu
authors: K
authors: Nandi
authors: Sujata
authors: S
authors: Guha
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Raman
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Jeyathilakan
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Biswas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057078:Pentastomida; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome