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Year : 2004 | Volume
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Intravitreal live gnathostoma spinigerum
Samar K Basak, Tushar K Sinha, D Bhattacharya, Tushar K Hazra, S Parikh
Disha Eye Hospitals and Research Centre, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Samar K Basak Disha Eye Hospitals and Research Centre, Barrackpore, West Bengal India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
PMID: 15132381
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Intraocular infestation by live Gnathostoma spinigerum is a rare occurrence in humans. Most of the published reports are from South-East Asia. We report a case of intravitreal gnathostomiasis, where the worm was removed live and intact by pars plana vitrectomy. |
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