Journal of Ophthalmology & Clinical Research(JOCR)
ISSN: 2573-9573 | DOI: 10.33140/JOCR
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Ocular Dirofilariasis - A Diagnostic Dilemma
Abstract
Anisha Tresa Augustin and Sinumol Thulaseedharan
Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic filariasis primarily affecting canines. It may infect humans causing pulmonary infarcts, subcutaneous and subconjunctival nodules. Dirofilaria repens is the main species inplicated in subconjunctival lesions. Proper diagnosis and treatment can cure the patient of all his symptoms. Hence it is important to have a high index of suspicion about this emerging zoonosis. This is a case report of ocular Dirofilariasis from a tertiary care hospital in Thrissur, Kerala