Ocular dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria immitis in a child in Iran: A case report and review of the literature

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• 作者：Hadi Mirahmadi^a ; ^b ; Alireza Maleki^c ; Raheleh Hasanzadeh^a ; Mohammad Bagher Ahoo^d ; Iraj Mobedi^d ; Ali Rostami^e ; ^f ; ^{Alirostami1984@gmail.com} ; ^{Alirostami@sbmu.ac.ir}
• 关键词：Ocular dirofilariasis ; Diroflaria immitis ; Iran
• 刊名：Parasitology International
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：66
• 期：1
• 页码：978-981
• 全文大小：440 K
• 卷排序：66

文摘

This report describes a rare case of ophthalmic dirofilariasis in a 2-year-old boy with redness, irritation, pain and foreign body sensation in the right eye. Slit lamp examination demonstrated a thread-like whitish nematode in the anterior chamber of the right eye that twisted around itself. The nematode worm (35 mm long and 150–200 μm width) was removed surgically. The presence of the smooth cuticular surface without longitudinal ridges and the vulva showed that it could be a female Diroflaria immitis. PCR amplification was done to verify the Diroflaria species. PCR amplification and sequence analysis of mitochondrial 12S rDNA confirmed that recovered worm was D. immitis. Ocular dirofilariasis caused by D. immitis is very rare, but it must be considered in humans living in endemic areas.