title: Ophthalmomyiasis Externa: A Report of Three Cases.
abstract: Three patients were admitted to our clinic with symptoms of conjunctivitis. On ocular examination, moving larvae were seen in the conjunctival sac. All of the larvae were immobilized by topical cyclopentolate and removed mechanically under topical anesthesia. The patients healed without any complications after the treatment. Physicians should consider ophthalmomyiasis externa in patients presenting with similar symptoms, especially in areas with high numbers of livestock. Otherwise the diagnosis can be missed.
authors: Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Mersin, Turkey.
authors: Cem
authors: C
authors: Sundu
authors: Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Mersin, Turkey.
authors: Erdem
authors: E
authors: Dinç
authors: Aşkım Tüfekçi State Hospital, Clinic of Ophthalmology, Adana, Turkey.
authors: Umut Can
authors: UC
authors: Kurtuluş
authors: Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Mersin, Turkey.
authors: Özlem
authors: Ö
authors: Yıldırım
keywords: Ophthalmomyiasis externa; cyclopentolate; keratitis