Oestrus ovis ophthalmomyiasis with keratitis

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2010 Oct-Dec;28(4):399-402. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.71846.

Abstract

A 35-year-old male patient presented with complaints of redness, swelling around the eyelids, watering, and irritation in the right eye. At presentation his best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 partial in the right eye. The tarsal conjunctiva of the upper eyelid showed injection with pseudomembrane. Underneath the pseudomembrane we noticed four motile larvae. The cornea showed an irregular cobweb-like mucous plaque adherent to the epithelium, with a clear stroma. The pseudomembrane was easily peeled-off under topical anaesthesia. The organisms were removed and identified as Oestrus ovis. Three days later the patient was comfortable and his visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Conjunctivitis / parasitology*
  • Conjunctivitis / pathology
  • Diptera* / growth & development
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology*
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / pathology
  • Humans
  • Keratitis / parasitology*
  • Keratitis / pathology
  • Larva
  • Male
  • Myiasis / parasitology*
  • Myiasis / pathology