Anterior Chamber Live : Case Report

Anterior Chamber Live : Case Report

We reported a case of unusual intraocular Loa loa in a 27-year-old patient who presented with painful red eye. Biomicroscopy revealed a living and active adult worm in the anterior chamber of the right eye. After surgical extraction under local anesthesia, parasitological identification confirmed L....

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Main Authors: G. Kagmeni, R. Cheuteu, Y. Bilong, P. Wiedemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-09-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S40012
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spelling doaj-1dff977499494cd4baccfa4891d5d0972020-11-25T03:17:11ZengSAGE PublishingClinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports1179-54762016-09-01910.4137/CCRep.S40012Anterior Chamber Live : Case ReportG. Kagmeni0R. Cheuteu1Y. Bilong2P. Wiedemann3Department of Eye, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon.Department of Eye, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon.Department of Eye, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon.Eye Clinic and Polyclinic of Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.We reported a case of unusual intraocular Loa loa in a 27-year-old patient who presented with painful red eye. Biomicroscopy revealed a living and active adult worm in the anterior chamber of the right eye. After surgical extraction under local anesthesia, parasitological identification confirmed L. loa filariasis.https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S40012
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description We reported a case of unusual intraocular Loa loa in a 27-year-old patient who presented with painful red eye. Biomicroscopy revealed a living and active adult worm in the anterior chamber of the right eye. After surgical extraction under local anesthesia, parasitological identification confirmed L. loa filariasis.
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