Subconjunctival adult bancroftian filarial worm

M A Nanavaty; A J Nanavaty; J D Lakhani; S J Lakhani; A R Vasavada

Subconjunctival adult bancroftian filarial worm

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2001 Sep;49(3):195-6.

Authors

M A Nanavaty¹, A J Nanavaty, J D Lakhani, S J Lakhani, A R Vasavada

Affiliation

¹ Prarabdh, 11 Punit Bunglows, B/h Welcome Plaza, Ganesh Cross Roads, Anand - 388 001, Gujarat, India. [email protected]

PMID: 15887732

Abstract

We report a case of live adult Bancroftian Filarial nematode removed from the sub conjunctival tissue of a 58-year-old woman from the temporal limbus of her left eye.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Conjunctiva / parasitology
Conjunctiva / surgery
Conjunctival Diseases / parasitology*
Conjunctival Diseases / surgery
Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology*
Eye Infections, Parasitic / surgery
Female
Filariasis / parasitology*
Filariasis / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / methods
Wuchereria bancrofti / isolation & purification*