Dr. Riddhi Shah

Dr.Shreya Shah, Dr.Vedant Rajoriya, Dr. Raj Vador

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: OCULAR PARASITOSIS ALTHOUGH NOT FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED IS REPORTED
FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF INDIA. WE REPORT ONE SUCH CASE OF SUBCONJUNCTIVAL WORM IN A
PATIENT WHO HAD NO HISTORY OF TRAVEL OR IMMIGRATION.
CASE:A 62 YEAR FEMALE PRESENTED WITH ITCHING AND REDNESS IN RIGHT EYE SINCE LAST FOUR
DAYS.THERE WAS NO DECREASE IN VISUAL ACUITY . SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION REVEALED A LIVE
WHITISH MASS MOVING SLOWLY WITHIN TISSUE IN TEMPORAL SUBCONJUNCTIVAL QUADRANT.
THE WORM WAS REMOVED SURGICALLY UNDER TOPICAL ANESTHESIA WHICH MEASURED 4.5CM IN
LENGTH.TREATMENT WAS GIVEN WITH ALBENDAZOLE FOR 3 WEEKS AND THE PATIENT SHOWED NO
COMPLAINTS IN 3 MONTH FOLLOW UP
CONCLUSION: BASED ON HISTORY AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC EXAMINATION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL
WORM WAS CONFIRMED WHICH WAS MANAGED SUCCESSFULLY