Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket

Alicia Galindo-Ferreiro; Dalal AlEssa; Sahar M Elkhamary; Deepak P Edward; Alberto Galvez-Ruiz; Silvana Schellini

doi:10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.06.005

Tungiasis infestation of dermis fat graft in an anophthalmic socket

Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan-Mar;33(1):102-104. doi: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.06.005. Epub 2018 Jul 7.

Authors

Alicia Galindo-Ferreiro^{1

2}, Dalal AlEssa¹, Sahar M Elkhamary^{1

3}, Deepak P Edward¹, Alberto Galvez-Ruiz¹, Silvana Schellini^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Al Urubah Branch Rd, Umm Al Hamam Al Gharbi, Riyadh 12329, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Rio Hortega University Hospital, Dulzaina St, 2, 47012 Valladolid, Spain.
³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, El Gomhouria St, Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - UNESP, São Paulo, Via Domingos Sartori, s/n - Distrito de Rubião Junior, Botucatu, SP 18607-621, Brazil.

Abstract

A patient with an anophthalmic socket with a dermis-fat graft (DFG) developed inflammation and a foul odour in the right socket. The DFG was surgically removed and Tungiasis infestation was detected. This is the first case to report Tungiasis infestation in a DFG in an anophthalmic socket.

Keywords: Anophthalmic cavity; Dermis fat graft; Orbital inflammatory reaction; Tungiasis infestation.