title: Bilateral intraocular dirofilariasis.
abstract: Ocular dirofilariasis mostly presents as a subconjunctival or eyelid lesion. Intraocular dirofilarial infestation is rare. We report a case of a young woman who was accidentally detected to have a live motile worm in the anterior segment in one eye and a cystic lesion on the optic disc in the other eye. To our knowledge, bilateral intraocular dirofilariasis has never been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Viney
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sankaran
authors.forename: Jyotish Chandra
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Samantaray
authors.forename: Vimla
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000473:pathology*; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000469:parasitology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence