title: Ocular sparganosis from Assam.
abstract: Sparganosis is caused by plerocercoid larvae of the Pseudophyllidea tapeworms of the genus Spirometra. Though prevalent in East Asian and south east Asian countries like China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand; yet very few cases are reported from India. We report a case of migrating sub-conjunctival ocular sparganosis mimicking scleritis which later on developed into orbital cellulitis from Dibrugarh, Assam, North-eastern part of India. This case is reported for its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
authors.forename: Reema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nath
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
authors.forename: Rajendra Nath
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Gogoi
keywords: Assam; Spirometra; sparganum