Ocular dirofilariasis masquerading as orbital cellulitis: A case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT: Ocular dirofilariasis is no longer a rare disease as more cases are being reported across the world and in India as awareness about this disease among health care professionals has increased. It is a helminthic infection which is caused by filarial parasite of the genus dirofilaria. It has a varied clinical presentation and the definitive diagnosis is based on microbiological and histopathological examination of the parasite. Herein, we report a unique case of ocular dirofilariasis in which a patient initially presented with features mimicking orbital cellulitis. Subsequently, the patient developed a subconjunctival lesion when orbital cellulitis subsided after three days of broad-spectrum antibiotics. The live worm was found when the lesion was incised, which was removed in toto and sent

SUBMITTER: Kumar SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411327 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature