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SHREEMOHAN MISHRA

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1958;60(5):945-946.

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The literature shows few authentic reports of intraocular parasites and still fewer reports of intravitreal parasites. In his textbook Duke-Elder¹ reviews as cases of intraocular parasites the reports of Wright, Fernando, Tawara, and Wilson. As cases of intravitreal parasites he gives the reports of Spanner, Nayar and Pillai, and Barrada. In 1945 Sen and Ghose² reported a case of ocular gnathostomiasis.

In this report the parasite has been provisionally labeled as an adult filaria (Wuchereria bancrofti). This has been done in view of the widespread infection of W. bancrofti locally and the morphological similarity of the reported parasite with the W. bancrofti. The only positive clinical finding, however, is a recurrent scrotal inflammation.

Report of Case

The patient, a 21-year-old Hindu man, stated that on the morning of April 3, 1957, he noticed what seemed to be a small rod protruding before his right eye. He took a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Balbhadrapur, India

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb. 10, 1958.

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