Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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10.18869/mjiri
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gregorian
2003
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OCULAR DIROFILARIASIS IN IRAN: A CASE REPORT
Parasitology and Mycology
Parasitology and Mycology
case report
case report
Dirofilariasis is caused by a Filariid parasite of the genus Dirofilaria. This
zoonotic infection is spread by mosquito vector from animal to human. Ocular
Dirofilariasis involving the eye and adnexa is rare. A nodule in the right eye had
developed in a 20-year-old soldier from Mazandaran province, north of Iran. The
mass was removed surgically and measured 5x5 mm. The specimen was identified
on the basis of microscopic section by the presence of longitudinal cuticular
ridges, the thick muscle cell layer and the presence of 2 nuclei in the lateral cord.
The worm was identified as a Dirofilaria, (presumptively D. conjunctivae). This
report is one of the first reports of ocular Dirofilariasis from Iran.
Dirofilariasis, Dirofilaria repens, ocular, human
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S
ROUHANI
Srouhani11@yahoo.com
20031947532846003921
20031947532846003921
Yes
From the Department of Parasitology, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
A
ATHARI
20031947532846003922
20031947532846003922
No