Ocular thelaziasis in Assam: a report of two cases

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2008 Jan-Mar;51(1):146-8. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.40430.

Abstract

Small, white, thread-like, motile worms were recovered from the conjunctival sac of a 13-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman from Dibrugarh district, Assam, India. They were identified as thelazia species. These two cases have been reported due to their rarity in India and elsewhere.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Conjunctiva / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Spirurida Infections / diagnosis*
  • Thelazioidea / isolation & purification*