title: Unusual presentation of Enterobius vermicularis in conjunctival sac.
abstract: We report an unusual case of extraintestinal infection with adult Enterobius vermicularis worms in the conjunctival sac of a two-and-a-half year old boy from Alipurduar, West Bengal, India. Only two other similar cases have been reported in the English literature, one from Assam, India in 1976, and the other from Illinois and California in 2011.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling, India drsanjaymallick@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sanjay Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mallick
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmologist, S.D. Hospital Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, India.
authors.forename: Ranadeep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling, India.
authors.forename: Arup Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000469:parasitology*; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D008463:Mebendazole
keywords: Enterobius vermicularis; autoinfection; extraintestinal infection