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| 2002 |
Case report: intraocular gnathostomiasis in Vietnam. |
Xuan, le T., Rojekittikhun, W., Punpoowong, B., Trang, le N., and Hien, T. V. |
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Abstract: This is the report of the first case of intraocular gnathostomiasis diagnosed in Vietnam. The disease progressed in two months in two distinct phases: in the first phase, the patient had swellings, which appeared at different times and in different locations, on his face--this phase lasted around one month; the second phase was the embedding of the parasite in the vitreous cavity of the right eye and uveitis. Surgical extraction of a living Gnathostoma larva was carried out. Based on morphological, histological criteria, the larva may have been an atypical third-stage of Gnathostoma spinigerum |
Published in:Southeast Asian J.Trop.Med.Public Health 33[3], 485-489. 2002. |
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