A case of dirofilaria in human eye localization

Cristina Lugli; Carlotta Guidetti; Luigi Vecchia

doi:10.4081/mm.2010.2437

A case of dirofilaria in human eye localization

https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2437

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Vol. 25 No. 3 (2010)

Submitted: 14 February 2014
Accepted: 14 February 2014

Published: 30 September 2010

Dirofilaria repens, microfilariae, vectors

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We describe a case of infestation by Dirofilaria repens in an immunocompetent female who goes to the emergency room for a feeling irritable left eye. It requires the surgical removal of the parasite and its identification by macroscopic examination, microscopic after clarification and after fixation, paraffin embedding and staining of PAS and Grocott.

Lugli, C., Guidetti, C., & Vecchia, L. (2010). A case of dirofilaria in human eye localization. Microbiologia Medica, 25(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2437