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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 53
| Issue : 1 | Page : 63-64 |
A Case of Periocular Dirofilariasis Masquerading as a Lid Tumour
G Mahesh1, A Giridhar1, Jyotirmay Biswas2, SJ Saikumar1, Ananthakrishna Bhat1
1 Giridhar Eye Institute, Kochi, India 2 Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
G Mahesh Giridhar Eye Institute, 28/2576 A. Ponneth Temple Road, Kadavanthra, Kochi - 682 020, Kerala India

DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.15290 PMID: 15829752
We describe an unusual case of periocular Dirofilariasis masquerading as a slow growing lid tumour in an elderly female patient.
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