Ophthalmology · 2005
Zoonotic intravitreal Onchocerca in Hungary.
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Sallo Ferenc, Eberhard Mark L, Fok Eva, Baska Ferenc, Hatvani Istvan
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To report the case of a 65-year-old male patient from western Hungary who presented with rapidly progressive peripheral visual field (VF) loss and the sensation of an actively moving object in his central VF.
DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHOD/INTERVENTION: A live nematode was removed from the anterior vitreous cavity by pars plana vitrectomy.
RESULTS: The worm was successfully removed surgically, and the patient had an uneventful recovery. The nematode was identified as an immature filaria, most likely a member of the genus Onchocerca.
CONCLUSIONS: Only 3 previous reports exist of human infection of the eye caused by zoonotic Onchocerca, 2 involving the subconjunctiva and 1 the cornea. Although rare, zoonotic onchocercal infection of the eye must be considered a differential diagnostic entity even in temperate climates.
DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHOD/INTERVENTION: A live nematode was removed from the anterior vitreous cavity by pars plana vitrectomy.
RESULTS: The worm was successfully removed surgically, and the patient had an uneventful recovery. The nematode was identified as an immature filaria, most likely a member of the genus Onchocerca.
CONCLUSIONS: Only 3 previous reports exist of human infection of the eye caused by zoonotic Onchocerca, 2 involving the subconjunctiva and 1 the cornea. Although rare, zoonotic onchocercal infection of the eye must be considered a differential diagnostic entity even in temperate climates.