{"title":"Ocular Dirofilariasis - A Diagnostic Dilemma","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/jocr.04.01.02","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic filariasis primarily affecting canines. It may infect humans causing pulmonary infarcts,\nsubcutaneous and subconjunctival nodules. Dirofilaria repens is the main species inplicated in subconjunctival\nlesions. Proper diagnosis and treatment can cure the patient of all his symptoms. Hence it is important to have a\nhigh index of suspicion about this emerging zoonosis. This is a case report of ocular Dirofilariasis from a tertiary\ncare hospital in Thrissur, Kerala.","PeriodicalId":91268,"journal":{"name":"HSOA journal of ophthalmology & clinical research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"HSOA journal of ophthalmology & clinical research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33140/jocr.04.01.02","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic filariasis primarily affecting canines. It may infect humans causing pulmonary infarcts,
subcutaneous and subconjunctival nodules. Dirofilaria repens is the main species inplicated in subconjunctival
lesions. Proper diagnosis and treatment can cure the patient of all his symptoms. Hence it is important to have a
high index of suspicion about this emerging zoonosis. This is a case report of ocular Dirofilariasis from a tertiary
care hospital in Thrissur, Kerala.
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