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Dermacentor variabilisUncomplicated Eyelid Involvement
Jack E. Terry, MS, OD;
Ralph E. Williams, PhD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1980;98(3):514-515.
Abstract
• Ocular eyelid infestation of Dermacentor variabilis, the American dog tick, occurred in a 34-year-old man who had been sleeping in an open-floored tent in an Indiana field. The tick was mechanically removed with steady and firm pressure with cilia forceps, with care taken to remove all mouth structures. The involved eyelid area healed rapidly without ocular or systemic complications.
Author Affiliations
From the Eye Clinic, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Huntington, WVa (Dr Terry), and the Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind (Dr Williams).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 26, 1979.
Reprint requests to Eye Clinic, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1540 Spring Valley Dr, Huntington, WV 25704 (Dr Terry).
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