Annals of Health and Health Sciences

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 1

A Case of Human Ocular Thelaziasis

  • Author:
  • Saloni Garg1, Nita Pal2,, Saroj Hooja3, Nitya Vyas3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2016
  • Page Number: 27 to 29

1IIIrd Year Resident, Department of Microbiology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

2Professor, Department of Microbiology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

3Professor and HOD, Department of Microbiology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

(*Corresponding author) email id: *nitapal@yahoo.com; 1salonigarg90@gmail.com; 3sarojhooja@gmail.com; 4drnityavyas@hotmail.com

Abstract

Thelaziasis is an arthropod-borne disease of the eye and adnexa caused by Thelazia callipaeda, a nematode transmitted by drosophilid flies to dogs, cattle, rabbits, deers and cows. Ocular manifestations due to Thelazia in humans are rare, and there are only a few case reports. We report a case of T. callipaeda in an elderly woman belonging to a rural background. One creamy white worm was removed from the anterior chamber of the eye. We report this case for its rarity as well as to increase awareness in the medical community.

Keywords

Anterior chamber of eye, Thelazia callipaeda, Human ocular thelaziasis Oriental eye worm, Rajasthan, Anterior chamber of eye, Human ocular thelaziasis