DR. ASHWINI KORANNE

DR. MEHUL SHAH, DR. SHREYA SHAH

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:OCULAR PARASITOSIS ALTHOUGH NOT FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED IS REPORTED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF INDIA. WE REPORT ONE SUCH CASE OF SUBCONJUNCTIVAL WORM IN A PATIENT WHO HAD NO HISTORY OF TRAVEL OR IMMIGRATION.

CASE:A 62 YEAR FEMALE PRESENTED WITH ITCHING AND REDNESS IN RIGHT EYE SINCE LAST FOUR DAYS.THERE WAS NO DECREASE IN VISUAL ACUITY . SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION REVEALED A LIVE WHITISH MASS MOVING SLOWLY WITHIN TISSUE IN TEMPORAL SUBCONJUNCTIVAL QUADRANT. THE WORM WAS REMOVED SURGICALLY UNDER TOPICAL ANESTHESIA WHICH MEASURED 4.5CM IN LENGTH.TREATMENT WAS GIVEN WITH ALBENDAZOLE FOR 3 WEEKS AND THE PATIENT SHOWED NO COMPLAINTS IN 3 MONTH FOLLOW UP

CONCLUSION: BASED ON HISTORY AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC EXAMINATION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL WORM WAS CONFIRMED WHICH WAS MANAGED SUCCESSFULLY