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Case Report: Management of Dead Intraocular Helminth Parasites in Asymptomatic Patients.
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Case Report: Management of Dead Intraocular Helminth Parasites in Asymptomatic Patients.

  • Sah R Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Khatri A Birat Eye Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal.
  • Kharel R B.P. Koirala Lions Centre of Ophthalmic Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Kc H Birat Eye Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal.
  • Rabaan AA Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
  • Tiwari R College of Veterinary Sciences, UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalay Evum Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura, India.
  • Dhama K ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, India.
  • Singh Malik Y ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, India.
  • Donovan S Division of Infectious Diseases, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Rodriguez-Morales AJ Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia.
  • Muigg V University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Neumayr A University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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  • 2020-06-03
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  • The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. - 2020
Adult
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Animals
Anterior Chamber
Asymptomatic Infections
Cestode Infections
Disease Management
Eye Infections, Parasitic
Female
Humans
Incidental Findings
Male
Middle Aged
Nepal
Spirometra
Strongylida Infections
Watchful Waiting
English We report four asymptomatic patients from Nepal with an incidental finding of a dead intraocular helminth parasite on ophthalmological routine examination. Because the patients were asymptomatic and the intraocular helminth parasites dead without noted pathology present, it was decided to abstain from surgical removal and pursue a watch-and-wait strategy. The clinical follow-up of the four patients over two years was uneventful and showed no complications. We conclude that dead intraocular helminth parasites in asymptomatic patients without apparent pathology do not require surgical removal.
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  • English
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