[Ocular infestation by plerocercoid of Spirometra mansonoides: first case report in Peru].
Plerocercoidosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by plerocercoid larvae of the genus Spirometra. The larvae migrate through the intestinal wall tissue, by subcutaneous route and can reach different areas of the body like the head, the brain and the eye socket. A case is reported of a 45 year-old man from the Peruvian Amazon with burning sensation associated with conjunctival edema and hemorrhage in the outer eye border of the right eye for eleven months. A localized worm in the right orbital cavity was observed, which was extracted. Morphological and histopathological studies identified it as Spirometra mansonoides localized in the eye, which is the first case reported in Peru.
Centro Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
María
M
Beltrán Fabián
Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Perú
José
J
Somocursio Peralta
Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Perú
Natalia
N
Coras Álvarez
Centro de Resonancia Magnética, Lima, Perú
David
D
Alfaro Lossio
EsSalud, Iquitos, Perú
Rubén
R
Cahua Serrano
Centro Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
Kathia
K
Tarqui Terrones
Centro Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
Manuel
M
Céspedes Zambrano
Municipalidad de Huaral, Perú
Sara
S
Estrada Beltrán
D000818:Animals; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru; D013032:Sparganum; D013146:Spirometra